we found an id card identifying the young man as michael anthony donald. that morning, one of my cousins called and said they believe it s michael. it s him. that s all i could say, was, it s him. i was just numb. i couldn t believe that this was happening to us and i looked outside my mom s door, and it was people everywhere. i mean, everywhere in the neighborhood. they had come from far and near. my sister, cynthia hamilton, she went to identify the body with my husband. all he had done was left his mom s house that night to walk
so when jesse came here, it brought national attention to our issue. michael called me. we went in an amazing demonstration to put the visibility on it. and i got there and people were just wanting to do something. eventually there was a march that was led by my husband, michael, and reverend jesse jackson came down. so it was a big deal, and it wasn t just in the city of mobile, but it went around this nation. mobile was just moving too slow. that s why we kept marching and protesting, letting them know we ain t going to take this lying down. y all got to move and you ve got to move fast.
to help you achieve it. so let us focus on the how. just tell us - what s your why? my asthma felt anything but normal. it was time for a nunormal with nucala. nucala is a once-monthly add-on treatment for severe eosinophilic asthma that can mean less oral steroids. not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face, mouth, tongue, or trouble breathing. infections that can cause shingles have occurred. don t stop steroids unless told by your doctor. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. may cause headache, injection site reactions, back pain, and fatigue. ask your asthma specialist about a nunormal with nucala. in mobile, alabama, last night 19-year-old michael donald was brutally beaten and hanged. the victim was battered and
to the service station to buy a pack of cigarettes. not knowing what was waiting for him. i can only imagine what mrs donald went through. the crowd just gathered. people started gathering there. senator michael figures and i, we jumped in the car. senator michael figures was the de facto leader of the black community. as a lawyer, michael was there to gather facts. we d started looking around, trying to talk to people over there to see if anybody knew exactly what happened, who was involved. someone has taken a young man, hung him in a tree. who would do something this hideous in the community?
lynched. the lynching of teenager michael donald throat slit, face beaten, mangled hands. the apparent lynching of a teenager in mobile, alabama has echoes of the long-forgotten murder of emmett till. the brutal lynching of emmett till, one of the most barbaric atrocities committed against a child in the history of mankind. emmett was more like a sibling than a cousin. he was our guardian. he was a jokester. he pulled all kind of pranks. he was a typical 14 year old. about 30 days ago, i was very busy getting emmett to go away on a trip that i thought would be the highlight of his 14 years. but my baby was taken from his uncle s home and my aunt s home. and i found out about it at 9:30 sunday morning. the only thing they did wrong in the eyes of society is that they were born black boys.