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This case, it's probably because one of the unforgettable details, one of the unforgettable consequences from that case is that at the time 19-year-old michael donald was murdered the united klans of america, the oldest klan chapter in america had a headquarters in tuscaloosa, alabama. they had a 7,000 square foot national headquarters. they had that headquarters at the time they killed michael donald. they still had that headquarters at the time the klansmen who killed michael donald were convicted and sent away, including one of them to death row. but after all of that, after this civil case...

Mother and michael donald's family, not just the individual klansmen who killed michael donald, but the organization they belong to, the klan itself, their chapter of the klan was the united klansmen of america. the defendants were forced by the court to not just face criminal penalties, but they and the organization they belonged to were forced by the court in this civil suit to pay, literally to pay money. there was a $7 million judgement handed down by a federal jury in alabama in 1987. again, the crime was 1981. it took until 1987 for the criminal cases to be over and then for the civil ca...

One of the klansmen who confessed to that murder, who confessed to why they did it, who actually expressed remorse in court. he told michael donald's mother eye-to-eye in that courtroom, "god knows if i could trade places with him, i would." he tearfully expressed remorse to michael donald's mother in the courtroom. he testified against the other klansmen. he explained why they did it. he described the crime to the jury. he nevertheless got a life sentence in that killing. one of his coconspirators, another man convicted in the killing, got the death penalty. but beyond that criminal case that...

Would specifically intimidate african-americans into not participating on juries. they wanted black americans in alabama to be too afraid to show up at the courthouse and sit for jury duty. they wanted all-white juries in alabama. they thought that killing 19-year-old michael donald would be a good way to terrorize the black community in alabama into achieving that or at least getting them part of the way there. one of the klansmen who confessed to that murder, who confessed to why they did it, who actually expressed remorse in court. he told michael donald's mother eye-to-eye in that courtroo...

Another man convicted in the killing, got the death penalty. but beyond that criminal case that put those klansmen away for that murder in alabama in 1981, michael donald's murder also led to a different kind of case that became a real landmark in the fight against white supremacist terrorism. it was the first case of its kind, but it wouldn't be the last. in a civil suit brought on behalf of michael donald's mother and michael donald's family, not just the individual klansmen who killed michael donald, but the organization they belong to, the klan itself, their chapter of the klan was the uni...