scottsboro

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.

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

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.

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.

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.