00:00 Beulah Mae Donald was a woman who sued the Klan in the 1980s after her son was brutally murdered, leading to the disassembly of a significant portion of the Klan operating in the South at the time.

02:09 In 1981, Beulah Mae Donald's son was lynched by the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama, leading to national outrage and eventually the Klan being brought to justice after two years.

04:07 Beulah Mae Donald's son was falsely characterized as a drug dealer and user by the police, leading her to seek justice and eventually involve the FBI, resulting in the arrest and conviction of two men from the Ku Klux Klan who murdered her son as an act of revenge for a failed conviction of a black man for the murder of a white policeman.

06:17 Beulah Mae Donald decided to sue the Ku Klux Klan in a civil trial, seeking compensation for the intimidation, harassment, and physical harm that she and others had experienced.

08:18 In the civil suit against the Ku Klux Klan, it was alleged that the organization was trying to deprive black citizens of their constitutional rights through intimidation and murder, and they were being sued as an organization rather than just individual members.

10:13 In 1987, Beulah Mae Donald and another plaintiff were awarded a settlement of seven million dollars in a civil suit against the Ku Klux Klan, bankrupting the organization and leading to the indictment and sentencing of several members, including the man who supplied the rope used in the murder.

12:20 Beulah Mae Donald's lawsuit against the Ku Klux Klan resulted in a favorable outcome, bankrupting the organization, leading to the indictment and sentencing of several members, and the renaming of the street where her son's body was found in his honor.