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The Man from Scottsboro

Kwando Mbiassi Kinshasa
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Author : Kwando Mbiassi Kinshasa
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 078641538X

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The Man from Scottsboro by Kwando Mbiassi Kinshasa Pdf

In March 1931, Clarence Norris, a self-described hobo, and eight other black men were arrested in Paint Rock, Alabama, and charged with raping two white girls who were also hoboes on the train he was riding. The one day trial of the nine men, better known as the "Scottsboro Boys" resulted in conviction and the death sentence despite a paucity of evidence. Though later pardoned, Norris spent 13 years in jail. (He died in 1989.) Clarence Norris's description of his arrest, trial and sentencing is both tragic and inspirational. His letters to his family, attorneys and supporters show his spirit as he struggled against a biased judicial system. A lengthy 1980 interview with Norris is supplemented by contemporary newspaper accounts of the trial, articles by Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter and Alabama Appeals Court Judge James E. Horton, and legal opinions of the defendants' attorney, Samuel S. Leibowitz.

Remembering Scottsboro

James A. Miller
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Author : James A. Miller
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400833221

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Remembering Scottsboro by James A. Miller Pdf

How one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in the United States continues to haunt the nation’s racial psyche In 1931, nine black youths were charged with raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama. Despite meager and contradictory evidence, all nine were found guilty and eight of the defendants were sentenced to death—making Scottsboro one of the worst travesties of justice to take place in the post-Reconstruction South. Remembering Scottsboro explores how this case has embedded itself into the fabric of American memory and become a lens for perceptions of race, class, sexual politics, and justice. James Miller draws upon the archives of the Communist International and NAACP, contemporary journalistic accounts, as well as poetry, drama, fiction, and film, to document the impact of Scottsboro on American culture. The book reveals how the Communist Party, NAACP, and media shaped early images of Scottsboro; looks at how the case influenced authors including Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, and Harper Lee; shows how politicians and Hollywood filmmakers invoked the case in the ensuing decades; and examines the defiant, sensitive, and savvy correspondence of Haywood Patterson—one of the accused, who fled the Alabama justice system. Miller considers how Scottsboro persists as a point of reference in contemporary American life and suggests that the Civil Rights movement begins much earlier than the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955. Remembering Scottsboro demonstrates how one compelling, provocative, and tragic case still haunts the American racial imagination.

A Scottsboro Case in Mississippi

Richard C. Cortner
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Author : Richard C. Cortner
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2005-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1578068150

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A Scottsboro Case in Mississippi by Richard C. Cortner Pdf

An absorbing analysis of a 1936 case that exonerated three black sharecroppers tortured into confessing a murder they did not commit

Scottsboro: A Novel

Ellen Feldman
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Author : Ellen Feldman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0393068390

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Scottsboro: A Novel by Ellen Feldman Pdf

A powerful novel about race, class, sex, and a lie that refused to die. Alabama, 1931. A posse stops a freight train and arrests nine black youths. Their crime: fighting with white boys. Then two white girls emerge from another freight car, and fast as anyone can say Jim Crow, the cry of rape goes up. One of the girls sticks to her story. The other changes her tune, again and again. A young journalist, whose only connection to the incident is her overheated social conscience, fights to save the nine youths from the electric chair, redeem the girl who repents her lie, and make amends for her own past. Intertwining historical actors and fictional characters, stirring racism, sexism, and anti-Semitism into an explosive brew, Scottsboro is a novel of a shocking injustice that convulsed the nation and reverberated around the world, destroyed lives, forged careers, and brought out the worst and the best in the men and women who fought for the cause.

The Scottsboro Case

Sabrina Crewe,Michael V. Uschan
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Author : Sabrina Crewe,Michael V. Uschan
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0836834070

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The Scottsboro Case by Sabrina Crewe,Michael V. Uschan Pdf

Describes how nine young men arrested in Alabama struggled to prove their innocence, after being convicted of rape and held in prison for many years.

Scottsboro

Ellen Feldman
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Author : Ellen Feldman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0393064905

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Scottsboro by Ellen Feldman Pdf

Intertwining historical actors and fictional characters, "Scottsboro" is a powerful novel about race, class, sex, and a lie that refuses to die.

Black Communists Speak on Scottsboro

Walter T. Howard
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Author : Walter T. Howard
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781592135998

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Black Communists Speak on Scottsboro by Walter T. Howard Pdf

On March 25, 1931, Alabama police detained nine young African AMerican men at a railroad stop not far from Scottsboro. In the process, they encountered two white women -- who promptly accused the young men of raping them. Soon after, all-white juries found the nine youths guilty and eight of them were sentenced to death. Although many Americans were outraged by the injustices of the case, the loudest voices raised in protest were those of members of the American Communist Party. Many white Communists spoke out, but black Communists took the lead in organizing public protests and legal responses. As this surprising book makes clear, they were acting at the direction of the Communist International (Comintern), which had directed them to address the "Negro problem." Now, with the opening of formerly inaccessible Communist party archives, this collection of primary documents reveals the little-known but major roles played by black Communists in the case of "the Scottsboro Boys."

From Scottsboro to Munich

Susan Dabney Pennybacker
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Author : Susan Dabney Pennybacker
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691088280

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From Scottsboro to Munich by Susan Dabney Pennybacker Pdf

Presenting a portrait of engaged, activist lives in the 1930s, this text follows a global network of individuals and organizations that posed challenges to the racism and colonialism of the era.

Scottsboro Boys

David Cates
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Author : David Cates
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781614784500

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Scottsboro Boys by David Cates Pdf

This title examines an important historic event - the trials of the nine Scottsboro Boys that took place in Alabama. Easy-to-read, compelling text explores the history of America at the time of the trials, the accounts of the nine men on trial regarding their train ride from Tennessee to Alabama, their sentences, and the effects of this event on society. Readers will learn about the Great Depression, the Jim Crow south, lynching, the Ku Klux Klan, and the black codes that were all part of the atmosphere at this time. Features include a table of contents, glossary, selected bibliography, Web links, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Scottsboro and Its Legacy

James R. Acker
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Author : James R. Acker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780313081446

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Scottsboro and Its Legacy by James R. Acker Pdf

Nine black teenagers were accused of raping two white women on a train in 1931 in northern Alabama. They were arrested, tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in the town of Scottsboro in little more than two weeks. The Scottsboro Boys case rapidly captured public attention and became a lightning rod for fundamental issues of social justice including racial discrimination, class oppression, and legal fairness. Involving years of appeals, the Scottsboro trials resulted in two landmark U.S. Supreme Court rulings and were a vortex for the sometimes-competing interests of the American Communist Party, the NAACP, and the young men themselves. The cases resulted in a damning portrayal of southern justice and corresponding social mores in several national and international media outlets, and in a spirited defense of the judicial system and prevailing cultural norms in other news reports, particularly in the South. Here, Acker details the alleged crimes, their legal aftermath, and their immediate and enduring social significance as evidenced in media portrayals and other forms of popular culture. Using extensive media reports, including contemporaneous newspaper accounts and interpretations of the proceedings, as well as the sallies of champions of various organizations and social causes, the author illustrates the role of the media in the cases and the effect the cases had on society at the time. In addition to tracing the history of the cases and their media portrayal, the book explores the legacy of the Scottsboro trials and appeals. It examines several issues relevant to the cases that, even today, have enduring significance to law and popular perceptions of justice, including capital punishment, racial discrimination, innocence, the composition and functioning of trial juries, the quality of legal counsel for indigents, evidentiary issues in rape cases, and media interactions with the courts. More than a true crime tale, this book takes readers through the crime but also illustrates its enduring legacy.

Stories of Scottsboro

James Goodman
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Author : James Goodman
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804151689

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Stories of Scottsboro by James Goodman Pdf

"A rich and compelling narrative, as taut and suspenseful as good fiction. In places, Stories of Scottsboro is almost heartbreaking, not least because Goodman shows what people felt as well as what they thought." -- Washington Post Book World To white Southerners, it was "a heinous and unspeakable crime" that flouted a taboo as old as slavery. To the Communist Party, which mounted the defense, the Scottsboro case was an ideal opportunity to unite issues of race and class. To jury after jury, the idea that nine black men had raped two white women on a train traveling through northern Alabama in 1931 was so self-evident that they found the Scottsboro boys guilty even after the U.S. Supreme Court had twice struck down the verdict and one of the "victims" had recanted. This innovative and grippingly narrated work of history tells the story of a case that marked a watershed in American racial justice. Or, rather, it tells several stories. For out of dozens of period sources, Stories of Scottsboro re-creates not only what happened at Scottsboro, but the dissonant chords it struck in the hearts and minds of an entire nation. "Extraordinary.... To do justice to the Scottsboro story a book would have to combine edge-of-the-seat reportage and epic narrative sweep. And it is just such a book that James Goodman has given us, a beautifully realized history...written with complete authority, tight emotional control, and brilliant use of archival material." -- Chicago Tribune

Scottsboro, Alabama

Lin Shi Khan,Ralph Austin Perez,Tony Perez
Scottsboro Alabama Book PDF

Author : Lin Shi Khan,Ralph Austin Perez,Tony Perez
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814751770

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Scottsboro, Alabama by Lin Shi Khan,Ralph Austin Perez,Tony Perez Pdf

A unique graphic history of one of the most controversial legal decisions of all time—with 118 powerful linoleum prints In 1931, nine black youths were falsely accused of raping two white women on a freight train traveling through northern Alabama. They were arrested and tried in four days, convicted of rape, and eight of them were sentenced to death. The ensuing legal battle spanned six years and involved two landmark decisions by the Supreme Court. One of the most well known and controversial legal decisions of our time, the Scottsboro case ignited the collective emotions of the country, which was still struggling to come to terms with fundamental issues of racial equality. Scottsboro, Alabama, which consists of 118 exceptionally powerful linoleum prints, provides a unique graphic history of one of the most infamous, racially-charged episodes in the annals of the American judicial system, and of the racial and class struggle of the time. Originally printed in Seattle in 1935, this hitherto unknown document, of which no other known copies exist, is presented here for the first time. It includes a foreword by Robin D.G. Kelley and an introduction by Andrew H. Lee. Mr. Lee discovered the book as part of a gift to the Tamiment Library by the family of Joe North, an important figure in the Communist Party-USA, and an editor at the seminal left-wing journal, the New Masses. A true historical find and an excellent tool for teaching the case itself and the period which it so indelibly marked, this book allows us to see the Scottsboro case through a unique and highly provocative lens.

Scottsboro Unmasked

Peggy Allen Towns
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Author : Peggy Allen Towns
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781546226482

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Scottsboro Unmasked by Peggy Allen Towns Pdf

What is the picture of inequality? Is it race, gender, ethnicity, age, or place? Time and time again, our American history gives us the answer to that age-old question. In 1933, attorney Samuel Leibowitz argued that it was disparity in the jury pool and the innocence of nine. Sadly, the horrible malignancy of racism continues to exist and is the primary root of many prejudices and inequalities in our country today. This powerful historical narrative paints an amazing picture of the color line and the incredible bravery of people who took a stand for justice. The author resurrects the voices and the infamous case of the Scottsboro Nine. Their unmasked stories unfold against the backdrop of an economically depressed town, energized with an inferno of bigotry and violence. This groundbreaking research presents the courage of fearless men who rattled Americas conscience by challenging decades of discrimination and injustices within Alabamas legal system. On the other hand, the book reveals the sentiment of those who embraced the Old Souths ideology of inequality and exclusiveness, which put at risk the lives of nine innocent victims, young men who changed Americas judicial system. Fiat justitia rual coelomthis is Latin for Let justice be done though the heavens may fall. These are words that my grandfather, Judge James E. Horton, learned at his mothers knee. It seems he followed those wise words as he set aside the verdict and death sentence and ordered a new trial for Haywood Patterson. Though his decision cost him the next election, there were never any regrets. John Temple Graves, a Birmingham columnist, wrote of him, He does the right thing as he sees it, with no particular sense of the scene about him, but with an enormous sense of right-doing, ancestors gone and example-bound descendants to come. His social conscience is vertical rather than horizontal. We are the beneficiaries of his vertical conscience and I hope we will all strive to live by his example (Kathy Horton Garrett, Judge Hortons granddaughter).

The Scottsboro Boys in Their Own Words

Kwando M. Kinshasa
The Scottsboro Boys in Their Own Words Book PDF

Author : Kwando M. Kinshasa
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476603445

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The Scottsboro Boys in Their Own Words by Kwando M. Kinshasa Pdf

This is a collection of letters written by the nine African American defendants in the infamous March 1931 Scottsboro, Alabama, rape case. Though most of the defendants were barely literate and all were teenagers when incarcerated, over the course of almost two decades in prison they learned the rudiments of effective letter writing and in doing so forcefully expressed a wide range of perspectives on the falsity of the charges against them as their incarceration became a cause célèbre both in the United States and internationally. Central to this book is the chronologically structured presentation of letters (1931–1950), including some correspondence from attorneys and members of Scottsboro support committees. The original grammar, syntax and vernacular of the defendants are maintained in a desire to preserve the authenticity of these letters.

The Scottsboro Boys

Duchess Harris,Tom Head
The Scottsboro Boys Book PDF

Author : Duchess Harris,Tom Head
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781532170614

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The Scottsboro Boys by Duchess Harris,Tom Head Pdf

In 1931, nine black teenagers were arrested in Alabama. The young men were accused of crimes they did not commit, including rape. This unjust arrest led to years of imprisonment and trials for the young men, who were known as the Scottsboro Boys. The Scottsboro Boys examines their legacy and how their trials shaped the criminal justice system. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.