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{{cquote|We remember that in the Scottsboro case, the NAACP was subjected to the most unprincipled vilification. We remember the campaign of slander in the ''Daily Worker''. We remember the leaflets and the speakers and the whole unspeakable machinery that was turned loose upon all those who did not embrace the "unity" policy as announced by the communists.<ref>Gilbert Jonas, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=i8-SAgAAQBAJ Freedom's Sword: The NAACP and the Struggle Against Racism in America, 1909-1969]'' (Routledge, 2005) ISBN 1135930880, p. 144</ref>}}

{{cquote|We remember that in the Scottsboro case, the NAACP was subjected to the most unprincipled vilification. We remember the campaign of slander in the ''Daily Worker''. We remember the leaflets and the speakers and the whole unspeakable machinery that was turned loose upon all those who did not embrace the "unity" policy as announced by the communists.<ref>Gilbert Jonas, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=i8-SAgAAQBAJ Freedom's Sword: The NAACP and the Struggle Against Racism in America, 1909-1969]'' (Routledge, 2005) ISBN 1135930880, p. 144</ref>}}

Samuel Liebowitz, defense attorney for the Scottsboro defendants, revealed to African-American journalist George Schuyler that the CPUSA had exploited their case to raise $250,000 (equivalent to more than $4.3 million today),<ref>[http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=250000&year1=1932&year2=2015 CPI Inflation Calculator], United States Bureau of Labor Statistics</ref> but contributed only $12,000 (less than 5 percent) to their defense.<ref>George Samuel Schuyler, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=bzRlAAAAMAAJ Black and Conservative: The Autobiography of George S. Schuyler]'' (Arlington House, 1966), p. 190</ref>

Samuel Liebowitz, defense attorney for the Scottsboro defendants, revealed to African-American journalist George Schuyler that the CPUSA had exploited their case to raise $250,000 (equivalent to more than $4.3 million today),<ref>[https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=250000&year1=1932&year2=2015 CPI Inflation Calculator], United States Bureau of Labor Statistics</ref> but contributed only $12,000 (less than 5 percent) to their defense.<ref>George Samuel Schuyler, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=bzRlAAAAMAAJ Black and Conservative: The Autobiography of George S. Schuyler]'' (Arlington House, 1966), p. 190</ref>

In fact, the CPUSA's role in the defense of the Scottsboro Boys was a minor one, at once cynical and venal. Manning Johnson, an African-American former member of the National Committee of the Communist Party and of its “National Negro Commission,” testified:  

In fact, the CPUSA's role in the defense of the Scottsboro Boys was a minor one, at once cynical and venal. Manning Johnson, an African-American former member of the National Committee of the Communist Party and of its “National Negro Commission,” testified: