Jailhouse interview with convicted murderer Donald Middlebrooks

Kerrick Majors was a 14-year-old African American boy from
Nashville, Tennessee, whose brutal, racially motivated murder in
April 1987 became a symbol of both racial violence and justice in
the American South. Described as a kind, respectful middle school
student, Kerrick was abducted after a minor dispute over a broken
vase with three white drifters—Donald and Tammy Middlebrooks and
Robert Brewington—who falsely accused him of theft. They forced him
into a wooded area where he was tortured over several hours—burned,
beaten with brass knuckles, urinated on, slashed with knives, and
stabbed to death while racial slurs were used against him.

His body, left naked under a discarded mattress in a creek bed,
bore signs of extreme cruelty, including a carved "X" on his chest.
Police initially dismissed him as a runaway and delayed the
investigation, which led to public outrage, disciplinary action
against officers, and a $2 million lawsuit by Kerrick’s family. The
case resulted in historic convictions: Brewington received life
plus 75 years, Tammy Middlebrooks received life with parole
eligibility, and Donald Middlebrooks was sentenced to death—the
first time in modern Tennessee history that a white person was
condemned to death for murdering a Black child. The case remains
significant for highlighting systemic racism, law enforcement
negligence, and the rare pursuit of justice in a racially charged
crime.

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