The Scottsboro Boys
- ISBN-10
- 0805022066
- ISBN-13
- 9780805022063
- Pages
- 118
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- H. Holt and Company
- Author
- James Haskins
Description
Nine black youths were charged with the assault of two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama, in 1931. After escaping being lynched, the nine were brought to trial just two weeks after their arrest; no lawyers were provided until the day of the trial. The verdict: guilty.
