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The Scottsboro Boys

2018-12-15 Juvenile Nonfiction
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Release : 2018-12-15
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Synopsis The Scottsboro Boys by : Duchess Harris

Download or read book The Scottsboro Boys written by Duchess Harris. This book was released on 2018-12-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Accused!

2019-10-15 Young Adult Nonfiction
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Release : 2019-10-15
Genre : Young Adult Nonfiction
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Book Synopsis Accused! by : Larry Dane Brimner

Download or read book Accused! written by Larry Dane Brimner. This book was released on 2019-10-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This chilling and harrowing account tells the story of the Scottsboro Boys, nine African-American teenagers who, when riding the rails during the Great Depression, found their lives destroyed after two white women falsely accused them of rape. Award-winning author Larry Dane Brimner explains how it took more than eighty years for their wrongful convictions to be overturned. In 1931, nine teenagers were arrested as they traveled on a train through Scottsboro, Alabama. The youngest was thirteen, and all had been hoping to find something better at the end of their journey. But they never arrived. Instead, two white women falsely accused them of rape. The effects were catastrophic for the young men, who came to be known as the Scottsboro Boys. Being accused of raping a white woman in the Jim Crow south almost certainly meant death, either by a lynch mob or the electric chair. The Scottsboro boys found themselves facing one prejudiced trial after another, in one of the worst miscarriages of justice in U.S. history. They also faced a racist legal system, all-white juries, and the death penalty. Noted Sibert Medalist Larry Dane Brimner uncovers how the Scottsboro Boys spent years in Alabama's prison system, enduring inhumane conditions and torture. The extensive back matter includes an author's note, bibliography, index, and further resources and source notes.

Scottsboro Boy

1969 Prisoners
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Release : 1969
Genre : Prisoners
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Book Synopsis Scottsboro Boy by : Haywood Patterson

Download or read book Scottsboro Boy written by Haywood Patterson. This book was released on 1969. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Scottsboro

2007-09 History
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Release : 2007-09
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Scottsboro by : Dan T. Carter

Download or read book Scottsboro written by Dan T. Carter. This book was released on 2007-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scottsboro tells the riveting story of one of this country's most famous and controversial court cases and a tragic and revealing chapter in the history of the American South. In 1931, two white girls claimed they were savagely raped by nine young black men aboard a freight train moving across northeastern Alabama. The young men-ranging in age from twelve to nineteen-were quickly tried, and eight were sentenced to death. The age of the defendants, the stunning rapidity of their trials, and the harsh sentences they received sparked waves of protest and attracted national attention during the 1930s. Originally published in 1970,Scottsboro triggered a new interest in the case, sparking two film documentaries, several Hollywood docudramas, two autobiographies, and numerous popular and scholarly articles on the case. In his new introduction, Dan T. Carter looks back more than thirty-five years after he first wrote about the case, asking what we have learned that is new about it and what relevance the story of Scottsboro still has in the twenty-first century.

Stories of Scottsboro

2013-10-30 Social Science
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Release : 2013-10-30
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Stories of Scottsboro by : James Goodman

Download or read book Stories of Scottsboro written by James Goodman. This book was released on 2013-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of But Where Is the Lamb? comes a grippingly narrated work of history and "edge-of-the-seat reportage" (Chicago Tribune) that tells the story of a case that marked a watershed in American racial justice. 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 work 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.

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