from under his fingernails with a pocket knife. this was evidence that was piling up. so four days later, we arrested and charged them for the murder of michael donald. we have them in jail. we re starting to pick up pieces here and there. we determine there had been a burglary that occurred at the end of herndon avenue. when we finally figured out who the burglar was, he admits that he saw two guys fighting with a black guy at the tree. they weren t fighting. they were trying to get his body lifted up to get him hung into the tree. but you can t put a burglar on the witness stand and expect a
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she wanted to see those who kill her son come to justice. i was impressed with the resilience to fight back. one of the most feared names around here in alabama. they say a country preacher was coming to town, white folk got upset, let me tell you. so when jesse came here, it brought national attention to our issue. michael called me. we went to major demonstration to put visibility on it. i got there, and people were just wanting to do something. eventually there was a march that was led by my husband michael, and the 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
look at the trees. the hurt is still there. the hurt my mom went through. i just visualize her face and i go like i can t talk about it today. my momma, beulah mae donald, was a quiet woman. she was a good-hearted person. all the neighborhoods we have lived in, everybody loved her. ms. donald was a very liked person because of her personality. she volunteered her time working with children, a model mother. michael was my brother.
explode. we weren t getting what we considered to be all the facts from the local media during that time. the stories that would appear in the mobile press register, which was the daily white newspaper in the city of mobile at the time, would blast black officials. we thought it was necessary for the other side to be told. michael and a group of his friends started a weekly newspaper called the new times. one of the reasons that newspaper was started was so that it could tell the story from the black person s