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The Execution of White Man for Crimes Against Black Man in Alabama in Over 80 Years
12:14 - 14:43 (02:29)
The execution of a white man, Frank Cox, for supplying the rope used to murder an African American man in Alabama, broke an 80-year trend of the state not executing white people for crimes against black people. Cox was found guilty and sentenced to 99 years in prison.
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Michael Knowles discusses the sentencing of the accomplices involved in the murder of Michael Donald, the first execution of a white person for crimes against a black person in 80 years in Alabama.
12:14 - 13:51 (01:37)
Murder
Summary
Michael Knowles discusses the sentencing of the accomplices involved in the murder of Michael Donald, the first execution of a white person for crimes against a black person in 80 years in Alabama.
ChapterThe Execution of White Man for Crimes Against Black Man in Alabama in Over 80 Years
EpisodeShort Stuff: Beulah Mae Donald
PodcastStuff You Should Know
Bula May Donald forgave the two men who killed her son in a lynching that was organized by the local chapter of the KKK.
13:51 - 14:43 (00:52)
Lynching
Summary
Bula May Donald forgave the two men who killed her son in a lynching that was organized by the local chapter of the KKK. Her perseverance led to a wrongful death lawsuit and the renaming of the street where Michael was murdered in his honor.