Scottsboro Boys

The Scottsboro Boys refers to a landmark legal case in the 1930s involving nine African American teenagers accused of raping two white women on a freight train in Alabama. Despite weak evidence and a rushed legal process, they were convicted by all-white juries, highlighting racial injustice and prejudice in the Jim Crow South. The case prompted national attention and became a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement. Over the years, the convictions were appealed, and in 1937, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the boys were denied a fair trial, leading to a significant reexamination of racism in the American legal system.