Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-109) and index.
Contents
Segregation and Jim Crow -- The terrible journey begins -- The trial -- Support for the boys -- The Supreme Court -- The retrial -- Tried again -- Supreme Court justice -- Back to Alabama -- The bitter end.
Summary
Tells the story of the nine African American teenagers accused of raping two white women on a train in Scottsboro, Alabama in 1931, covering the arrests and numerous legal proceedings.