The People v. The Klan

Ended

Documentary·2021·1 Seasons

A four-part docuseries about the little-known true story of Beulah Mae Donald, a Black mother in Alabama, who took down the Ku Klux Klan after the brutal murder and lynching of her son, Michael. He was just nineteen years old and found dead, hanging from a tree in Mobile, on March 21, 1981. Black community leaders immediately suspected it was a Klan lynching, but local law enforcement was slow to acknowledge that the murder was racially motivated. When the investigation stalled, Beulah Mae and local Black leaders refused to back down until Michael’s killers and the hateful organization they belonged to received justice.

Starring: Tamika Mallory,Erica Armstrong Dunbar,Gwen Carr,Jeff Sessions

Episodes

Season 1
The Lynching

S01 | E01

The Lynching

2021-04-12

Justice for Michael

S01 | E02

Justice for Michael

2021-04-13

Hate on Trial

S01 | E03

Hate on Trial

2021-04-19

It Takes a Mother

S01 | E04

It Takes a Mother

2021-04-20

Cast

Tamika Mallory

Tamika Mallory

Self

Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Self

Gwen Carr

Gwen Carr

Self

Jeff Sessions

Jeff Sessions

Self

Details

First Aired
2021-04-12
Last Aired
2021-04-20
Status
Ended
Network
CNN
Production
Blumhouse Television, CNN Documentary Unit
Creator