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==Arts==
==Arts==
In the North, liberal and radical artists created paintings and poems that depicted a racist South, where white men dominated blacks and white women with the illegitimate use of violence and arbitrary power. Artists used their work, moreover, to elicit sympathy for the accused and to convince Americans of the necessity of federal anti-lynching legislation. There were few lynchings in the South in the 1930s, and the [[New Deal]] depended on the votes of the white South, and President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] refused to break up his coalition on the issue.
In the North, liberal and radical artists created paintings and poems that depicted a racist South, where white men dominated blacks and white women with the illegitimate use of violence and arbitrary power. Artists used their work, moreover, to elicit sympathy for the accused and to convince Americans of the necessity of federal anti-lynching legislation. There were few lynchings in the South in the 1930s, and the [[New Deal]] depended on the votes of the white South, and President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] refused to break up his coalition on the issue.
==Race==
Alabama whites at the time perceived blacks, regardless of wealth or education, as lacking integrity and self-control and thus prone to criminal behavior. This pervasive mindset contributed to the belief that African Americans should not serve on juries and that the nine young men must surely be guilty notwithstanding evidence to the contrary.
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Acker, James R. ''Scottsboro and Its Legacy: The Cases That Challenged American Legal and Social Justice.'' (2007)
* Acker, James R. ''Scottsboro and Its Legacy: The Cases That Challenged American Legal and Social Justice.'' (2007)