THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 10, 1931

• Scottsboro Boys found guilty - death sentences
• Negroes suspected of attacking 2 white girls

The front page has a one column heading: "Eight Negroes To Die for Attacking Two White Girls" (see image)
Complete with 14 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, good condition.

Background: On April 9, 1931, eight of the nine Black teenagers known as the Scottsboro Boys were falsely convicted of rape and sentenced to death by an all-white jury in Scottsboro, Alabama, following rushed, four-day trials characterized by inadequate counsel, fabricated accusations from two white women, and extreme mob pressure. The immense significance of this event lies in its role as a major catalyst for both the early Civil Rights Movement and modern constitutional law, exposing deep-seated racial injustice in the Jim Crow South and reaching the U.S. Supreme Court in landmark decisions like Powell v. Alabama (1932), which guaranteed the fundamental right to adequate legal representation for indigent defendants in capital cases, and Norris v. Alabama (1935), which banned the systematic exclusion of Black citizens from jury pools under the Equal Protection Clause.