Blumhouse Television and CNN are presenting the original series, The People V. The Klan, a docuseries about a southern mother who fought against the Ku Klux Klan after the lynching of her son. The series is produced by Blumhouse Television with 18th President and CEO of the NAACP, Professor at Harvard Kennedy School, and Director at the William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice at Harvard Kennedy School, Cornell Brooks, executive producing. Klan’ Trailer A Mother’s Fight Against the KKK: CNN’s ‘The People V.
The four-part docuseries will tell the unrenowned true story of Beulah Mae Donald, a Black Alabama woman, who took down the Ku Klux Klan after the brutal murder and lynching of her son. On March 21, 1981, Michael Donald was found dead, hanging from a tree in Mobile, Alabama. The young man was only 19 years old. The local Black community immediately suspected it was a Klan lynching, but local law enforcement was slow to acknowledge 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.
“Beulah Mae Donald’s story is one of the most remarkable displays of strength and courage our country has seen in its fight for racial justice,” said Amy Entelis, EVP for Talent & Content Development, CNN Worldwide. “As cases of white nationalism rise in the US, the importance of sharing her legacy has never felt greater.”
The People V. The Klan explores the systems that allowed the Klan to operate unbridled for so long, the activists of the Civil Rights movement who dismantled the Klan’s hold on the nation, and the groundbreaking legal battle that destroyed America’s first terrorist organization, the Ku Klux Klan. Interviews are interlaced with key figures in the Donald story, Civil Rights movement heroes, and leaders of the modern movement for racial justice. The series confronts the past and the inextricable link to the present-day discord in America, while shining a light on the too-often marginalized agents of change in our society: the Black mothers of the movement, activists and attorneys who fight for equality in America.
“What happened to Michael Donald in 1981 was truly horrifying, and it’s a tragedy that there continues to be victims of racial hate crimes today. Beulah Mae Donald’s pursuit of justice was not just for her son Michael, but so that other mothers would not endure what she and her family suffered. We hope that by shining a spotlight the series continues to foster an ongoing dialogue so that Mrs. Donald’s cause is not in vain,” said Mary Lisio, EVP Alternative and Non-Scripted Programming Blumhouse Television.
The People V. The Klan will roll out over two weeks, premiering back-to-back episodes on Sunday, April 11th and airing the final two episodes on Sunday, April 18th at 9pm and 10pm ET/PT. Executive producers are Cornell William Brooks; Donnie Eichar; Jason Blum, Jeremy Gold, Mary Lisio for Blumhouse Television; and Amy Entelis and Lyle Gamm for CNN Original Series.
The People V. The Klan will also stream live for subscribers via CNNgo (at CNN.com/go and via CNNgo apps for Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, Samsung Smart Tv and Andriod TV) and on the CNN mobile apps for iOS and Android. Episodes of the series will be available the day after each broadcast premiere on demand via cable/satellite systems, CNNgo and CNN mobile apps. Keep scrolling for the trailer for The People V. The Klan.
A Mother’s Fight Against the KKK: CNN’s ‘The People V. The Klan’ Trailer A Mother’s Fight Against the KKK: CNN’s ‘The People V. The Klan’ Trailer
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