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mongols: the secret history the people vs the klan
Conquerors, rulers, patrons, warlords - the lives of This 4-part series is about the true story of Beulah Mae
Genghis Khan’s ‘Golden Family’ are the stuff of Donald, who took down the Ku Klux Klan after the
legend. But despite stories of ingenuity, brutality brutal murder and lynching of her son. Michael Donald
and grandeur, most know surprisingly little about this was just nineteen when he was found dead, hanging
extraordinary dynasty and the people they led to from a tree in Mobile, Alabama, on March 21, 1981.
take over the world. This series uses the latest research, The leaders of the local Black community suspected
combined with spectacular drama, to reveal the it was a Klan lynching, but local law enforcement
truth about the Mongols, exploring their extraordinary was slow to acknowledge the murder was racially
journey from outcasts to emperors, ruling over a land motivated. When the investigation stalled, Beulah
mass four times larger than the Roman Empire. Mae, and local Black leaders refused to back down
until Michael’s killers and the hateful organization
they belonged to were brought to justice.
genre: history / feature doc genre: history
format: 3 x 60’ or 1 x 90’ / HD / 2022 format: 4 x 60’ / HD / 2022
credits: Lion Television credits: CNN
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