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	THE CASE OF THE "SCOTTSBORO BOYS"
		The Scottsboro case was not simply an isolated instance of injustice, the Communists argued, but represented a common manifestation of national oppression and class rule in the South.
		For the new Scottsboro trials, whichopened on March 27, 1933, the ILD had retained renowned criminal lawyer Samuel Leibowitz.
		After failing to win the defendants' release in a 1936 trial, the SDC agreed to a strange plea bargain in 1937 whereby four defendants were released and the remaining five endured lengthy prison sentences--the last defendant was not freed until 1950.
	www.writing.upenn.edu /~afilreis/88/scottsboro.html (540 words)

	New York University Press - SCOTTSBORO ALABAMA - a story in linoleum
		And although the "Scottsboro Boys" themselves never identified with the Party's goals, they became cultural symbols on the left-the subject of poems, songs, plays, and short stories that were published, circulated, and performed throughout the world.
		Scottsboro, in other words, needs to be understood in the context of an unspoken war at home that rocked the Depression era, a war for racial and class justice, a war against starvation and second-class citizenship.
		They begin their story not on an Alabama freight train as we did, but on the slave ships from Africa, in the antebellum cotton fields and the postbellum chain gangs, in the factories and prisons, in the courthouses and the streets where the battle for rights is a battle for survival.
	www.nyupress.org /scottsboro/forward.html (3550 words)

	The First Scottsboro Trials
		The station agent telegraphed ahead to Scottsboro, a station about 18 miles west of Stevenson, to have the train stopped, but the freight had already passed there, so Paint Rock, some 20 miles farther, was notified by telegraph.
		By ten o'clock it was estimated that a crowd of 8,000 to 10,000 swarmed in the narrow village streets of the little county seat of Scottsboro, packing the outside rim of the Square around the Courthouse with a solid mass of humanity.
		Scottsboro, the county seat of Jackson county in northern Alabama, is a charming southern village with some 2,000 inhabitants situated in the midst of pleasant rolling hills.
	www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/SB_HRrep.html (6067 words)

	AFRO-Americ@: Scottsboro Boys: Alabama Chronology
		Judge Hawkins heard oral testimony from jurors in the Scottsboro case regarding the demonstrations that were held outside the courthouse during the trial of Heywood Patterson.
		June 13 - The solicitor for the state of Alabama filed affidavits for the state in the cases of the nine boys.
		Defense plans to produce miniature replica of the freight train on which attack is alleged to have been made, to prove that such an attack was impossible, and that movements of boys over the train as described by the prosecution witnesses were impossible.
	www.afro.com /history/scott/ala.html (1936 words)

	Scottsboro, Alabama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Scottsboro is a city in Jackson County, Alabama, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area.
		About 9.9% of families and 14.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.1% of those under age 18 and 20.5% of those age 65 or over.
		Scottsboro is home to the one and only Unclaimed Baggage Center.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scottsboro,_Alabama (544 words)

	American Experience \| Scottsboro: An American Tragedy \| Timeline
		The accused are taken to Scottsboro, Alabama, the Jackson County seat.
		March 24: The Alabama Supreme Court, voting 6-1, upholds the convictions of seven of the defendants, granting Eugene Williams a new trial because he was a juvenile at the time of his conviction.
		Alabama, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the defendants were denied the right to counsel, which violated their right to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/scottsboro/timeline/index.html (642 words)

	The Greatest Trials of All Time
		In January 1932, the ILD presented its appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court, arguing that the Scottsboro Boys were denied a fair trial, had inadequate representation and that the jeering of the mob in Scottsboro prejudiced the jury.
		Alabama -- which said that the defendants essentially had non-existent legal representation and were denied due process.
		Alabama Attorney General Thomas Knight, Jr., who was prosecuting the case himself, put Victoria Price on the stand to tell her version of the rape on the train.
	www.courttv.com /greatesttrials/scottsboro/trials.html (1814 words)

	The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow . Jim Crow Stories . The Scottsboro Case \| PBS
		During the 1930s, much of the world's attention was riveted on the "Scottsboro Boys," nine fl youths falsely charged with raping two white women in Alabama.
		The trial was held in the town of Scottsboro, Alabama.
		Alabama) on the grounds that the defendants had not received adequate legal counsel in a capital case.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_scotts.html (527 words)

	Subject: Scottsboro Boys
		On the date first set for their executions, the Scottsboro boys listen to the execution of Willie Stokes, the first of ten fls to be executed at the prison over the next ten years.
		Alabama Supreme Court, by a vote of 6-1, affirms the convictions of seven of the boys.
		The Scottsboro cases are removed from Judge Horton's jurisdiction and transferred to Judge William Callahan's court.
	www.humboldt.edu /~go1/sed741/film/scottsboro.html (1709 words)

	Alabama Court Cases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Alabama, then overturned the conviction because fls had been systematically excluded from the grand jury that had indicted them.
		Although state courts retried the so-called “Scottsboro Boys,” freeing four of them, the supposed “ring leader” of the group, Haywood Patterson, was sentenced to 75 years in prison.
		The Court reversed the decision of the Alabama Supreme Court on the basis that due process and equal protection had been denied the youths because fls were prohibited from serving on Alabama juries.
	www.jimcrowhistory.org /scripts/jimcrow/courtcases.cgi?state=Alabama (268 words)

	DCVB Scottsboro Boys (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Alabama, 287 U.S. This decision stated an important new constitutional rule -- that defendants in capital cases in state courts must be represented by counsel.
		Alabama, 294 U.S. The defendants were again indicted, this time by a grand jury on which a fl served.
		The SDC was formed by the ILD with the American Scottsboro Committee, the NAACP, the Norman Thomas’ League for Industrial Democracy, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Methodist Federation for Social Service.
	www.decaturcvb.org /Pages/Press/scotboy.html (1205 words)

	Profile of Judge James Horton. Jr., Scottsboro Judge
		The case was back in Alabama for retrials after the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Scottsboro Boys' constitutional right to a competent defense had been denied in their trials two years earlier.
		The nine Scottsboro Boys, each handcuffed and eight of the nine wearing the blue denim overalls and jumpers that were the uniforms of Negro prisoners, were led into the courtroom.
		Free of Alabama, but not the label "Scottsboro Boy" or the wounds inflicted from years in prison, they went on with their separate lives: to marriage, to alcoholism, to jobs, to fatherhood, to hope, to disillusionment, to disease, to suicide.
	www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/trialheroes/essayhorton.html (14024 words)

	Amazon.ca: Stories of Scottsboro: Books: James E. Goodman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Harvard historian Goodman recounts the infamous Scottsboro rape case, in which nine fl men were convicted of assaulting two white women in 1930s Alabama.
		For, the case of the Scottsboro Boys extends well beyond the mendacious accusations and the cowardly jury verdicts attendant to the trials.
		The horrible consequences of this episode in Alabama history is the sheer permanence of the seering brand of conviction that was only removed after the lives of each of the Scottsboro Boys had been irreparably destroyed.
	www.amazon.ca /Stories-Scottsboro-James-E-Goodman/dp/0679761594 (1405 words)

	Scottsboro, Alabama AL, city profile (Jackson County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
		In the infamous Scottsboro case, nine fl youths were indicted here in 1931 on charges of having raped two white girls.
		At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Scottsboro was $18,430, compared with $21,587 nationally.
		Median rent in Scottsboro, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $288.
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=12190 (706 words)

	Freshwater Fishing in Alabama's Reservoirs - Lake Guntersville
		Regional information may be found at the north Alabama regional tourism site, www.northalabama.org, call (800) 648-5381, or e-mail www.info@northalabama.org.
		Scottsboro has Traveler's Place Inn and Suites which has electricity available to charge your batteries, 1-256-574-1010 or email travelers_place@yahoo.com.
		Hunting and Fishing licenses are required for Alabama residents 16 to 64 years of age.
	www.outdooralabama.com /fishing/freshwater/where/reservoirs/guntersville (1293 words)

	Scottsboro Alabama Bed and Breakfast Inn, Alabama Lodging - AL Accommodations
		Scottsboro is well known as the home of the Unclaimed Baggage Center.
		Located between Huntsville, Alabama, and Scottsboro, Alabama, is Trenton, Alabama.
		Visitors to Scottsboro have consistently chosen to stay at a hospitable inn like Brigadoon Bed and Breakfast Inn, rather than in an impersonal motel.
	www.bedandbreakfastalabama.com /cities/display-city-6.php?distance=500 (155 words)

	Scottsboro Case Pathfinder
		The Scottsboro Case was one of the most civil rights important cases during the 1930's.
		Politics, Society, and the Klan in Alabama, 1915-1949 by Feldman, Glenn.
		Alabama Law Review is available from Fall 1993 to present in LexisNexis Academic Universe.
	www.rhodes.edu /library/pathfinders/Scottsboro.html (569 words)

	Scottsboro Boys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The trials, in which the boys were convicted and sentenced to death by all-white juries despite the weak and contradictory testimonies of the witnesses, are regarded as one of the travesties of the United States justice system.
		Upon the allegations of the two women, a lynch mob gathered around the jail, prepared to storm and kill the youths.
		Given the situation, the governor of Alabama, Benjamin M. Miller, was forced to call in the National Guard to protect the jail.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scottsboro_Boys (832 words)

	American Experience \| Scottsboro: An American Tragedy \| Further Reading
		The web site of the Afro-American Newspaper Company of Baltimore has a summary of the case with links to contemporary news stories from the paper, as well as scans of the original telegrams from reporters to the publisher during the second trial in Decatur (March 1933).
		This turned out not to be the case, and the two women sued NBC for libel, slander and invasion of privacy after the airing of "Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys," a fictionalized account of the case.
		A final chapter in the revised edition of this book finds the author himself on the witness stand for the libel case that was eventually dismissed by the court.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/scottsboro/filmmore/fr.html (675 words)

	The Daily Sentinel
		University of Alabama is in “a most exciting decade,” President Dr. Robert E. Witt told the Jackson County Bama Club at its Fall Banquet
		The North Alabama Center for Education Excellence now has a new location, 803 Garland Ferry Road in Scottsboro.
		Scottsboro cruised to a 49-21 win over the Lee Generals at Huntsville’s Milton Frank Stadium.
	www.thedailysentinel.com (179 words)

	White House Company - Your Real Estate Source For Scottsboro, Alabama
		She is a member of the Jackson County Board of REALTORS, the Alabama Association of REALTORS, and the National Association of REALTORS.
		She is a Graduate of the REALTORS Institute (GRI), a Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), and holds the e-Pro designation.She is an active member of the Scottsboro/Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and the Scottsboro Civitan Club where she has the honor of having served as the first female president.
		She is a memberof the Jackson County Board of REALTORS, the Alabama Association of REALTORS, and the National Association of REALTORS.
	www.whitehousecompany.com (262 words)

	Amazon.com: Scottsboro: A Tragedy of the American South: Books: Dan T. Carter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		More than seventy years have passed since nine fls were wrongfully accused of raping two white women on board an Alabama freight train and the event still rings in the ears as if it happened yesterday.
		Imagine being railroaded on trumped up charges of rape and sentenced to death in a trial that took no more than two hours with no proof of guilt-this is the lives of the eight teenagers and the one young boy as they rode the train to the point of their destiny in little Scottsboro, Alabama.
		Carter, the Scottsboro Boys tells of a story of how wrong the U.S. Justice system can be if racial bias is allowed to roam free with no restraints in a land where one is to be deemed innocent until proven guilty.
	www.amazon.com /Scottsboro-American-Dan-T-Carter/dp/0807104981 (1430 words)

	Scottsboro Daily Sentinel - newspaper in Scottsboro, Alabama USA covering Scottsboro local news at Mondo Times
		Scottsboro Daily Sentinel is a newspaper in Scottsboro, Alabama, USA covering general news.
		Scottsboro Daily Sentinel contact information is available to Mondo Times Advanced and Professional Members.
		Find Scottsboro, Alabama government, news, weather and maps at FindaCity.net, covering over 5,900 American cities and towns.
	www.mondotimes.com /1/world/us/1/52/70 (121 words)

	Scottsboro Alabama Real Estate * Country Homes * Farms * Alabama Land For Sale * Waterfront * Businesses
		Welcome to Scottsboro Alabama, located in Jackson County in a very scenic area by the Tennessee River and Guntersville Lake in Northeast Alabama.
		Area attractions include Goose Pond Colony in Scottsboro Alabama, a 360 acre resort, located on Lake Guntersville, features a par-72 18-hole golf course that has long been recognized as one of the most fun courses
		In addition we offer our services to those looking to purchase rural real estate such as farms, ranches, wooded acreage, Alabama land for sale, recreational property and secluded hunting land.
	www.northalabamalandmasters.com (340 words)

	AWA Alabama Waterfowl Association
		Planting time is late August to Nov. in Alabama.
		Check with the Alabama Waterfowl Association for your wetland compensatory mitigation credit needs.
		This is the combined comments gathered by AWA, North American Gamebird Assoc., North Carolina Waterfowl Assoc., South Carolina Waterfowl Assoc.
	www.alabamawaterfowl.org (171 words)

	African American Registry: Blacks on trial in Scottsboro, Alabama!
		On this date in 1931, nine young Black men were arrested in Scottsboro, Alabama, and the case of the Scottsboro* Boys trial began.
		Patterson’s book, “Scottsboro Boy,” was published in 1950 while he was a fugitive.
		Ten years later, on January 23, 1989, the last of the Scottsboro Boys died.
	www.aaregistry.com /detail.php3?id=776 (235 words)

	Scottsboro, Alabama hotel close to Lake Guntersville - Comfort Inn 35768, AL417 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Russell Cave National Monument is 15 miles from this Scottsboro hotel.
		Guests of this Scottsboro hotel are invited to enjoy many superior amenities, including free deluxe continental breakfast, free coffee, free local calls and free weekday newspaper.
		The courteous staff, inviting accommodations and ideal location make the Comfort Inn hotel the perfect location for anyone visiting the Scottsboro and Jackson County areas.
	www.choicehotels.com /ires/en-us/html/HotelInfo?hotel=AL417 (286 words)

	City of Scottsboro, Alabama
		The Scottsboro City Council is continuing its search for an independent auditor to conduct an in-depth, internal audit of the city's finances.
		Momentum is picking up in preparation for the annual Christmas Parade to be in Scottsboro at 6 p.m.
		Open house at the new Scottsboro Senior Center in Jackson County Park will be from 2 until 4 p.m.
	www.cityofscottsboro.com (307 words)

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