American Experience: Scottsboro - An American Tragedy
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Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 86 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally produced by PBS in 2000.
Description
In 1931, two white women stepped from a box car in Paint Rock, Alabama to make a shocking accusation: they had been raped by nine black teenagers on the train. So began one of the most significant legal fights of the twentieth century. The trial of the nine falsely accused teens would draw North and South into their sharpest conflict since the Civil War, yield two momentous Supreme Court decisions and give birth to the Civil Rights Movement. In addition to its historical significance, the Scottsboro story is a riveting drama about the struggles of nine innocent young men for their lives and a cautionary tale about using human beings as fodder for political causes.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.