The People v. The Klan

A sober, painful true-crime chronicle that builds quiet outrage as a mother's long fight for justice unfolds.

Created by

Donnie Eichar

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Tamika Mallory, Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Gwen Carr

Overview

A four-part docuseries about the little-known true story of Beulah Mae Donald, a Black mother in Alabama, who took down the Ku Klux Klan after the brutal murder and lynching of her son, Michael. He was just nineteen years old and found dead, hanging from a tree in Mobile, on March 21, 1981. Black community leaders immediately suspected it was a Klan lynching, but local law enforcement was slow to acknowledge that the murder was racially motivated. When the investigation stalled, Beulah Mae and local Black leaders refused to back down until Michael’s killers and the hateful organization they belonged to received justice.

How it feels

Dark, tense, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Justice, race, grief, corruption

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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