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This chilling and harrowing account tells the story of the Scottsboro Boys, nine African American teenagers who, when riding the rails during the Great Depression, found their lives destroyed after two white women falsely accused them of rape. Award winning author Larry Dane Brimner explains how it took than eighty years for their wrongful convictions to be overturned.
In 1931, nine teenagers were arrested as they traveled on a train through Scottsboro, Alabama. The youngest was thirteen, and all had been hoping to find something better at the end of their journey. But they never arrived. Instead, two white women falsely accused them of rape. The effects were catastrophic for the young men, who came to be known as the Scottsboro Boys. Being accused of raping a white woman in the Jim Crow south almost certainly meant death, either by a lynch mob or the electric chair. The Scottsboro boys found themselves facing one prejudiced trial after another, in one of the worst miscarriages of justice in U.S. history. They also faced a racist legal system, all white juries, and the death penalty. Noted Sibert Medalist Larry Dane Brimner uncovers how the Scottsboro Boys spent years in Alabamas prison system, enduring inhumane conditions and torture. The extensive back matter includes an authors note, bibliography, index, and further resources and source notes.
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Page 1"A posse of deputized white farmers carrying pistols and shotguns rousted Haywood Patterson and eight other young black me from the forty two car Alabama Great Southern Railroad freight train as it rolled to a stop in Paint Rock, Alabama. It was Wednesday, March 25, 1931, at around two o'clock in the afternoon."My heart sank with the first line of this book, but I couldn't put it down. Brimner is a "go to" author for me. He's written several gripping/riveting books on major historical moments in our country's pursuit of civil rights and this new title did not fail to do the same.There were so many points when I gasped aloud, just stunned by how blatant the racism was in the Alabama courts towards these young men. (I know the history of the time and place, BUT STILL) It was clear these men were innocent. The woman who accused them of rape was believed to be lying by several of those involved on the defense and prosecution teams. Another woman who accused at first, changed her statement and said they were innocent. Two doctors testified that their examination had not revealed evidence of rape. Judge Callahan rushed the trials, telling the defense attorney to get on with it. There was not a representative jury and the jury roles had no names of black citizens. And on and on and on. And yet, those defending these young men persevered FOR YEARS. I won't give away the ending verdict.While reading this book, our world is engaged in #BlackLivesMatter protests, deep thoughtful conversations, new proposed legislation sparked by the terrible murder of George Floyd by a white police officer. This made reading this book all the chilling for me because in the 89 years since this case started, these absurd, racist events are still happening. Unbelievable. Like another reviewer wrote I could have lifted the headlines from this case and posted on Twitter and everyone would have thought they were regarding a current event.And I'll just say, Sheila Washington is my hero. At the end of the book Brimner details how Washington, a black citizen of Alabama, first learned about the Scottsboro boys in the mid 1970's as a child. Later as an adult, she partnered with a state senator to introduce and pass legislation (signed in 2013 by the governor) that would allow for posthumous pardons in cases of racial discrimination. When the legislation was signed in 2013 by the governor, the Scottsboro nine were also exonerated which is better than pardons. Brimner's inclusion of this information gives readers hope that we can all rise above the people we once were.BOOK TALK THIS WITH YOUR STUDENTS. READ ALOUD EXCERPTS. HELP THEM FIND THEIR OUTRAGE AND THEN LEAVE IT IN THE CLASSROOM LIBRARY TO BE SNATCHED UP! This would also make for an excellent book club book.
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Very interesting book with great images. Book is best for a younger audience. As an adult it seemed short and not as in depth as maybe it could have been, but that also could be because there isn't much on the case.
