‘She did what no one else could do:’ Author credits Indy woman for downfall of the KKK

‘She did what no one else could do:’ Author credits Indy woman for downfall of the KKK

INDIANAPOLIS The author of a book shining a light on the Ku Klux Klans history in the Hoosier State spoke Thursday at the Madame Walker Legacy Center. He told the story of the hate group at its height and the Indiana woman some say helped stop them 100 years ago.All these institutions failed to bring down this terror group, one woman on her deathbed who did what no one else could do, said journalist and author Timothy Egan. His latest book is a …

Beulah Mae Donald Beat and Bankrupted the Ku Klux Klan! This is Her Story

In 1981, one of the last recorded lynchings in the United States took place in Mobile, Alabama. Nineteen-year-old Michael Donald was kidnapped, brutally beaten, and hanged from a tree by members of the Ku Klux Klan in a chilling act of racial terror.But his mother, Beulah Mae Donald, refused to let her son’s murder be forgotten. Instead, she fought relentlessly for justice—securing criminal convictions for his killers and delivering a crushing l…