| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
128 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Civil rights movement
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-125) and index. |
| Contents |
The train from Chattanooga -- Jim Crow "justice" -- Death sentence -- Communist influence -- All the way to the Supreme Court -- Judge Horton's skepticism -- Bigotry on the bench -- Back to the high court -- The final trials -- Freedom. |
| Indexed In: |
School Library Journal, December 2007 |
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Booklist, November 2007 |
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Horn Book, April 2008 |
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Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2007 |
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Multicultural Review, September 2008 |
| Summary |
Explores how the unfair trials of nine African-American men, dubbed the Scottsboro Boys, who were unjustly accused of raping and beating two white women in 1931, became a turning point in the civil rights movement and changed the American justice system for the better. |
| Audience |
1180 Lexile. |
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Young Adult Follett Library Resources |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG RL 9.2 4.0 119290 852 |
| Subject |
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931.
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Trials (Rape)
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.
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| ISBN |
1599350580 |
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