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Accused!

the trials of Scottsboro boys: lies, prejudice, and the fourteenth amendment
2019
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.
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The Scottsboro Boys

1994
Examination of the trial of nine African American youths who were charged with the assault of two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama, in 1931.

Scottsboro

a tragedy of the American South
1979

Scottsboro

a tragedy of the American South
2007

The trial of the Scottsboro boys

2008
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.

The Scottsboro case

2004
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.

The Scottsboro case

2005
An overview of 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.

The Scottsboro Boys Trial

a primary source account
2004
Tells the story of the Scottsboro Boys trial, in which two white women accused nine young African-American men and boys of raping them in 1931, and presents numerous primary source excerpts and photos.
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