Remember the Scottsboro Boys.....

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Today in history I present the case of the Scottsboro Boys

Scottsboro Boys - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

"The Scottsboro Boys were nine African-American teenagers accused in Alabama of raping two White American women on a train in 1931. The landmark set of legal cases from this incident dealt with racism and the right to a fair trial. The cases included a lynch mob before the suspects had been indicted, a frameup, all-white juries, rushed trials, and disruptive mobs. It is frequently cited as an example of an overall miscarriage of justice in the United States legal system."
 

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