
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
The case that sparked the civil rights movement
Release date : 2000-01-31
Production country :
United States of America
United States of America
Production company :
Status : Released
Durasi : 90 Min.
Popularity : 0.2476
8.2
Total Vote : 6
A look at the infamous "Scottsboro Boys" case that occurred in Alabama in 1931, in which nine young black men were arrested, tried and quickly convicted in the rape of two white women, despite overwhelming evidence that showed their accusers had falsely accused them and the fact that one of the women later admitted that no rape had in fact occurred (although both had had sexual relations with their boyfriends on the day prior to the "rape"). The case was one of the first that shined a spotlight on what many called the "legal lynchings" that occurred in the South whenever blacks were accused of crimes, especially against whites and most especially against white women.
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