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Scottsboro Boys Digital Collection

In 1931, an all-white jury sentenced nine black boys, accused of raping two white women, to death, despite testimony by doctors that no rape had occurred. The verdict triggered a major civil rights controversy, and was overturned by two Supreme Court decisions in the following years.

Items in the Scottsboro Boys collection:
Sample image of A Plea for Clemency In Scottsboro Negro Case
A Plea for Clemency In Scottsboro Negro Case
[New York: National Civil Federation, 1933]
Woll, Mathew
Sample image of A Southern Welcome
A Southern Welcome
New York: National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners, 1934
Lawson, John Howard
Sample image of Eight Who Lie in the Death House
Eight Who Lie in the Death House
[n.p.: 1933?]
Peters, Paul
Sample image of Four Free, five in prison, on the same evidence: what the nation's press says about the Scottsboro Case
Four Free, five in prison, on the same evidence: what the nation's press says about the Scottsboro Case
New York: Scottsboro Defense Committee, [1937?]
Various
Sample image of Lynching Negro Children in Southern Courts: (The Scottsboro Case)
Lynching Negro Children in Southern Courts: (The Scottsboro Case)
New York: International Labor Defense, [1931?]
North, Joseph
Sample image of Mr. President: Free the Scottsboro Boys
Mr. President: Free the Scottsboro Boys
New York: International Labor Defense, 1934
Various
Sample image of Scottsboro: A record of a Broken Promise
Scottsboro: A record of a Broken Promise
New York: Scottsboro Defense Committee, [1938?]
Various
Sample image of Scottsboro: Act Three
Scottsboro: Act Three
New York: International Labor Defense, [1934]
Small, Sasha
Sample image of Scottsboro: The Shame of America
Scottsboro: The Shame of America
New York: The Committee, 1936
Various
Sample image of Smash the Scottsboro Lynch Verdict
Smash the Scottsboro Lynch Verdict
[New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1933]
Allen, James S.
Sample image of The Scottsboro Boys
The Scottsboro Boys
[New York: Workers library publishers, inc., 1937]
Herndon, Angelo
Sample image of The Scottsboro Case
The Scottsboro Case
New York: The Scottsboro Defense Committee, 1936
Alabama Circuit Court
Sample image of The South Comes North
The South Comes North
[New York: National Office, League of Struggle for Negro Rights], 1934
Haywood, Harry
Sample image of The Story of Scottsboro
The Story of Scottsboro
New York: International Labor Defense, [1933?]
Schneider, Isidor
Sample image of They Shall Not Die! The Story of Scottsboro in Picture: Stop the Legal Lynching
They Shall Not Die! The Story of Scottsboro in Picture: Stop the Legal Lynching
New York: Published for League of Struggle for Negro Rights, by Workers' Library, 1932
Various