THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
SCOTTSBORO TRIALS
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Question
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The Communist Party USA assisted the young boys in proving their innocence during the trials.
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The Communist Party USA helped the young boys provide for their families during their trials.
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The Communist Party USA enabled the young boys to gain proper legal counsel and stopped the executions.
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The Communist Party USA were not truly relevant to the lives of the young boys.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The ILD organized marches, meetings, speeches and letter writing campaigns on the boys’ behalf and launched a full-scale public relations blitz.
Detailed explanation-2: -How does the quoted sentence contribute to the development of ideas in the text? This sentence reveals the racial bias of the all-white jury that was chosen for the trial.
Detailed explanation-3: -The case of nine young African American men accused of the rape of two white women in the town of Scottsboro, Alabama, in 1931, was a milestone in the emergence of a national civil rights movement.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Scottsboro Boys were nine African American teenagers and young men, ages 13 to 20, accused in Alabama of raping two white women in 1931. The landmark set of legal cases from this incident dealt with racism and the right to a fair trial.