scottsboro trial, scottsboro, ala., 1931

Alice Whittier, a crusading young journalist in 1931, leaves New York and travels to Scottsboro, Alabama, to cover the trial of nine African-American boys who have been accused of raping two white prostitutes who happened to be riding on the same freight train as the boys.

Presents court documents and eyewitness accounts that looks at the Scottsboro case, in which nine young African-American men were arrested in Alabama in 1931, convicted of raping two white women, and freed years later.

"This is a collection of letters written by the nine African American defendants in the infamous March 1931 Scottsboro, Alabama, rape case."--Back cover.

Examination of the trial of nine African American youths who were charged with the assault of two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama, in 1931.

Provides an account of the "Scottsboro Boys" case in which nine African-American teenagers were accused of raping two white women on a train in 1931, detailing their alleged crimes, exploring the social significance of the case, and discussing the two landmark U.S. Supreme Court rulings that resulted from the trials.

Examines the rape trials of the Scottsboro boys, the nine young African-American men accused of assaulting two white women in Alabama in 1931, and discusses the case's impact on American race relations the civil rights movement.

Explores how the unfair trials of nine African-American men, dubbed the Scottsboro Boys, who were unjustly accused of raping and beating two white women in 1931, became a turning point in the civil rights movement and changed the American justice system for the better.

Discusses the legal case in which nine African American men were falsely accused of rape, the trials and appeals thereafter, and the historical background regarding the lack of civil and legal rights for African Americans.