INSTITUTIONS AS WELL. TODAY MARKS THE BEGINNING OF WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH. ALL MONTH LONG WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THE ALABAMA WOMEN WHO’VE MADE THEIR MARK ON THE WORLD. AND TONIGHT WE’RE TAKING A LOOK AT A MOTHER WHO FOUND THE COURAGE TO STAND UP AGAINST WHITE SUPREMACY AND ENSURED THAT HER SON GOT THE JUSTICE HE DESERVED. BEULAH MAE DONALD WAS A MOTHER OF SEVEN WHO LIVED IN PUBLIC HOUSING IN MOBILE WHEN HER SON MICHAEL WAS KILLED, HE WAS MURDERED BY A GROUP OF KLANSMEN THAT SAME NIGHT, TWO OTHER KLAN MEMBERS BURNED A CROSS ON THE MOBILE COUNTY COURTHOUSE LAWN TO CELEBRATE THE HEINOUS ACT. FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS, BEULAH MAE URGED INVESTIGATORS TO SEARCH FOR THE MEN WHO KILLED HER SON. SHE THEN MET THE U.S. ATTORNEY. THOMAS FIGURES, AND THE FBI TO CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION, AND IN 1983, HENRY HAYES AND JAMES TIGER KNOWLES WERE ARRESTED AND CONVICTED OF CAPITAL MURDER. BUT BEULAH MAE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT NO OTHER MOTHER WOULD SEE THEIR CHILD LYNCHED. SO IN 1984, SHE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE UNITED KLANS OF AMERICA IN CIVIL COURT AND WON. THE KLAN WAS ORDERED TO PAY DAMAGES OF $7 MILLION, BANKRUPTING THE ORGANIZATION. DONALD PASSED AWAY LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER HER VICTORY, LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY OF COURAGE AND RESILIENCY THAT CONTINUES TO INSPIRE GENERATIONS OF ALABAMIANS. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF OUR AMAZING ALABAMA WOME