THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
SCOTTSBORO TRIALS
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They showed the need for racial justice and equality.
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They demonstrated the justice system’s power and success.
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They proved the U.S. had achieved equality when the boys were released.
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They inspired an entirely new literary genre inspired by real events.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The case marked the first stirrings of the civil rights movement and led to two landmark Supreme Court rulings that established important rights for criminal defendants. Nine young black Alabama youths – ranging in age from 12 to 19 – were charged with raping two white women near the small town of Scottsboro, Alabama.
Detailed explanation-2: -Alabama (1935), the Supreme Court unanimously overturned another conviction on the grounds that African-Americans had been systematically excluded from jury pools, violating the Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial as well as the Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection under the law.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Scottsboro Boys were nine Black teenagers falsely accused of raping two white women aboard a train near Scottsboro, Alabama, in 1931.
Detailed explanation-4: -Because the Scottsboro Boys were young African-American men, they were treated unfairly by the southern whites and were placed at a disadvantage because of the color of their skin. Class, gender, and Southern culture were also contributing factors.
Detailed explanation-5: -What was the significance of the trials? They showed the issue with all-white juries, and was widely seen as a key example of racial bias in the legal system.