Accused! the trials of the Scottsboro Boys : lies, prejudice, and the Fourteenth Amendment
"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 wer...
| Main Author: | Brimner, Larry Dane (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Honesdale, Pennsylvania :
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Journey interrupted
- Accused
- A hot time in the old town
- A legal lynching
- Reprieve
- A new year, a new trial
- Before Judge Callahan
- A fair trial
- Half out and half in
- Obscurity
- Back in the headlines.