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Scottsboro Boys rape case ends in 1937...
Scottsboro Boys rape case ends in 1937...
Item # 721815
July 25, 1937
THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 25, 1937
* Scottsboro Boys case ends w/ release
* African American teenagers - Negroes
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "SCOTTSBORO CASE ENDS AS 4 GO FREE; 2 MORE GET PRISON" with subheads. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with 28 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, generally good.
background: On July 24, 1937, in a landmark moment in American legal history, the last of the Scottsboro Boys—nine African American teenagers falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931—were released from prison after years of legal battles. Their case had drawn national and international attention, highlighting deep racial injustice in the U.S. legal system. Over the course of the trials and appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court intervened twice, establishing precedents on the right to adequate legal representation (Powell v. Alabama, 1932) and racial discrimination in jury selection (Norris v. Alabama, 1935). By 1937, after years of retrials, appeals, and gradually reduced sentences, all nine defendants had been freed, although their lives remained profoundly affected by the ordeal.
Category: The 20th Century
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