Michael Donald was a 19-year-old African American man who was lynched in Mobile, Alabama, in March 1981. His murder, which was carried out by two members of the Ku Klux Klan, was racially motivated and sparked national outrage.
Donald's body was found hanging from a tree in a residential neighborhood, and his death was one of the last recorded lynchings in the United States. The two men responsible for his murder were eventually convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
Donald's death brought renewed attention to the issue of racial violence in the United States and helped to galvanize the civil rights movement. His family filed a civil lawsuit against the United Klans of America, the largest Ku Klux Klan organization in the country at the time, and were awarded a $7 million judgment.
The case of Michael Donald is often cited as a reminder of the ongoing struggle for racial justice in America and the need to address systemic racism and violence against African Americans.
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