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   Why did the 'Scottsboro Boys' get convicted?

   • The cause of the “Scottsboro Boys” was championed, and in some cases exploited, by Northern liberal and radical groups, notably the Communist Party of the U.S.A. In 1932 the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the convictions ( Powell v. Alabama) on the grounds that the defendants had not received adequate legal counsel in a capital case.

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   What happened in the Scottsboro case?

   • Scottsboro case, major U.S. civil rights controversy of the 1930s surrounding the prosecution in Scottsboro, Alabama, of nine black youths charged with the rape of two white women. The nine, after nearly being lynched, were brought to trial in Scottsboro in April 1931, just three weeks after their arrests.

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   When did Scottsboro become famous?

   • The community gained national attention in 1931 as the scene of the famous Scottsboro case, a trial at which nine African American youths were convicted of raping two white women on a train.

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   What did Rustin do before the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

   • Rustin worked alongside Ella Baker, a co-director of the Crusade for Citizenship, in 1954; and before the Montgomery bus boycott, he helped organize a group called "In Friendship" to provide material and legal assistance to people threatened with eviction from their tenant farms and homes.

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   May 3, 2024 · Scottsboro case, major U.S. civil rights controversy of the 1930s surrounding the prosecution in Scottsboro, Alabama, of nine Black youths falsely accused of raping two white women.

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   3 days ago · There he became involved in efforts to defend and free the Scottsboro Boys, nine young black men in Alabama who were accused of raping two white women. He joined the Young Communist League in 1936, and left in 1941 after the Communist Party USA reversed its anti-war policy in response to Nazi Germany 's invasion of the USSR .

   • Awards: Presidential Medal of Freedom
   • Died: August 24, 1987 (aged 75), New York City, U.S.

   • Born: March 17, 1912, West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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   May 7, 2024 · The Scottsboro Boys in Their Own Words by Kwando M. Kinshasa. Call Number: KF224.S34 S35 2014. ISBN: 0786472049. The Scottsboro Case: Opinion of Judge James E. Horton of the Alabama Circuit Court by James E. Horton. Call Number: Online - free - HathiTrust. Publication Date: 1936.

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   May 7, 2024 · Her older brother and young neighbor (Truman Capote) are playmates. Harper Lee is an avid reader as a child. She is 6 years old when the Scottsboro trials are widely covered in national, state and local newspapers. Scout Finch’s Childhood. She grew up in the 1930s in a rural southern Alabama town.

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   May 7, 2024 · 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.

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   May 7, 2024 · Scottsboro Trials. On March 25, 1931, a freight train was stopped in Paint Rock, a small town in Alabama. Nine young African American men who had been riding the rails from Tennessee to Alabama were arrested. Two white women, one underage, accused the men of raping them while on the train.

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   May 1, 2024 · From the 1931 Scottsboro Boys in Alabama to the lynching of Emmett Till in 1955, journalists for the black press distinguished themselves.