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Remembering Scottsboro: The Legacy of an Infamous Trial

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How one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in the United States continues to haunt the nation’s racial psyche

In 1931, nine black youths were charged with raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama. Despite meager and contradictory evidence, all nine were found guilty and eight of the defendants were sentenced to death—making Scottsboro one of the worst travesties of justice to take place in the post-Reconstruction South. Remembering Scottsboro explores how this case has embedded its...