The People V. The Klan: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A four-part docuseries that tells 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 Donald. He was just nineteen years old when he was found dead, hanging from a tree in Mobile, on March 21, 1981. The local Black community immediately suspected it was a Klan lynching, but local law enforcement was slow to acknowledge that the murder was racially motivated. Beulah Mae and local Black leaders refused to back down until Michael's killers and the hateful organization they belonged to were brought to justice.

Series details

• Title: The People V. The Klan
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Crime, Legal
• Premiere date: 2021-04-11
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-04-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CNN
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 54684
• IMDb ID: tt14455934
• TVDB ID: 398442

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-04-11; final listed air date 2021-04-18; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from The People V. The Klan on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.