What the records say
- When
- 21 Mar 1981
- Kind
- Murder
- Killed
- 1
- Coordinates
- 30.69° N, 88.06° W
- Description
- lynching in 1981, in Mobile, Alabama, one of the last reported lynchings in the United States
- Injured
- 0
Lynching of Michael Donald
1981 lynching in Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Michael Donald was a 19-year-old African-American who was lynched by the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Mobile, Alabama, on March 21, 1981. He was one of the last reported lynching victims in the United States. Several KKK members beat and killed Donald. His body was hung from a tree.
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