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Paperback Scottsboro, Alabama: A Story in Linoleum Cuts Book
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ISBN: 0814751776

ISBN13: 9780814751770

Scottsboro, Alabama: A Story in Linoleum Cuts

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A unique graphic history of one of the most controversial legal decisions of all time--with 118 powerful linoleum prints

In 1931, nine black youths were falsely accused of raping two white women on a freight train traveling through northern Alabama. They were arrested and tried in four days, convicted of rape, and eight of them were sentenced to death. The ensuing legal battle spanned six years and involved two landmark decisions...

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A Marvelous Discovery

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
With the Broadway play "The Scottsboro Boys" opening in New York in October of 2010,this is a marvelous discovery which this book beautifully brings to light. It will expand your understanding of the issues involved in the historic cases from a contemporary viewpoint and it will give you a new appreciation for the beginnings of the civil rights movement in America.
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