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May 4, 2024 · On April 6, Scottsboro Boys Museum Director Dr. Thomas Reidy was presented the 2024 Alabama Historical Association Museum Reward. The Historical Museum Award was made to recognize museums that excel in promoting state or local history, being awarded every two years. Pictured left to right: Scottsboro Boys Board Chair Lacey Smith, Museum ...
May 3, 2024 · The Scottsboro Boys Museum has won the 2024 Alabama Historical Association Historical Museum Award. This award recognizes exceptional achievement in promoting state or local history. Museum Executive Director Tom Reidy accepted the award at the April 6, 2024 ceremony.
Apr 25, 2024 · Artist Dan Christoffel presented a piece showing the ‘Scottsboro Boys,’ nine black teenagers who were falsely accused of raping a white woman in the 1930’s and whose trials led to a ...
Apr 20, 2024 · Scottsboro Boys Museum & Cultural Center - Rating: 4.5 / 5 (9 reviews) - Address: 428 W Willow St, Scottsboro, AL 35768-4351 - Read more on Tripadvisor. Tripadvisor #4. Jasmine Hill Gardens ...
May 2, 2024 · Nine poor young Black men, riding freight cars in the height of the Depression, were pulled off a train near the town of Scottsboro, Alabama, and charged with raping two poor white women, also on the train. The boys, obviously innocent, were quickly tried before an all male, all white jury, and sentenced to death.
Apr 23, 2024 · 1. One of Harper Lee’s inspirations for her novel was a case known as the “Scottsboro Incident” that she had heard about when growing up. The setting for the Scottsboro case was the rural American South in the 1930s, when whites feared racial fraternization as much as blacks feared the mobs that enforced segregation.
4 days ago · The Scottsboro Boys case is a crucial and influential event in the struggle for civil rights in the United States. Taking place in 1931, it involved nine African American teenagers who were falsely accused of raping two white women on a train.
