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The Scottsboro Boys
This is a documentary about nine young black men and the racially explosive Alabama trials that almost cost them their lives. But the story of the Scottsboro Boys is also a reminder to the nation that the law must be color-blind. The Scottsboro Boys Their fight for justice caused the Supreme Court to reconsider the meaning of due process and helped guarantee criminal defendants the right to proper legal representation.

The Scottsboro Boys
The Scottsboro Boys


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