Scottsboro case
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The Scottsboro case was a miscarriage of justice in the 1930s that is primarily important because the Communist Party seized on it to recruit black members, much to the annoyance of the civil rights leaders who were trying to save the defendants from the death penalty.
The Scottsboro incident of 1931 involed in which seven young black men who were convicted of raping two white women on a freight train on its way through Alabama. As the train approached Scottsboro, a sheriff's posse seized the seven blacks and charged them with rape. They were indicted and tried in April, 1931, in three groups, each trial being completed in a single day. The juries found the defendants guilty and imposed the death penalty on all.
Further reading
- Acker, James R. Scottsboro and Its Legacy: The Cases That Challenged American Legal and Social Justice. (2007)
