April 9, 1931, eight teenage “hobo negroes” were sentenced to death after being convicted of attacking two white girls on a train. This story became quite popular in the press and years later still manages to conjure up arguments about the social injustice. Nine black teenage boys climbed upon a train, in a way only to look for work, and were confronted by two white males where a dispute broke out, in the mix of it all, two white females, joined in the argument. At the time the story broke out, no one truly knew the story because everyone believed the words of the whites who after the dispute left the train and reported the “committed crime” to local police. The “negro” boys were taken into custody in Scottsboro, Alabama, as the boys were
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The piece first appeared in a news article, where it was presented and read by many American citizens whom knew of the case. At the bottom of the artwork, there is a caption, and what stood out the most was “The shortest way out in cases like these would have been the best method of disposing of them”. 3 It is a haunting message that strikes all, meaning that no one truly wanted this case open, so the best option would be to sentence them all to death. A conviction unfairly tried, striking the audience with a story of nine men who were betrayed of their human rights in the court of law.
It is daunting on how unfairly these nine males were treated during the trials only because they were black. When the story emerged, most of the nation did not bother to even listen to the boys convicted and their side of the story. In a website reporting of the Scottsboro Boys’ “The
Scottsboro Boys’ Case” The trial brought in an angry mob, and only two weeks after the
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The piece first appeared in a news article, where it was presented and read by many American citizens whom knew of the case. At the bottom of the artwork, there is a caption, and what stood out the most was “The shortest way out in cases like these would have been the best method of disposing of them”. 3 It is a haunting message that strikes all, meaning that no one truly wanted this case open, so the best option would be to sentence them all to death. A conviction unfairly tried, striking the audience with a story of nine men who were betrayed of their human rights in the court of law.
It is daunting on how unfairly these nine males were treated during the trials only because they were black. When the story emerged, most of the nation did not bother to even listen to the boys convicted and their side of the story. In a website reporting of the Scottsboro Boys’ “The
Scottsboro Boys’ Case” The trial brought in an angry mob, and only two weeks after the