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Scottsboro Boys Museum Reopens Along U.S. Civil Rights Trail

Por: Forbes Life January 04, 2023

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Inside the Scottsboro Boys Museum.Courtesy Scottsboro Boys Museum. Celebrities including Albert Einstein and actor James Cagney wrote letters and signed petitions . Langston Hughes wrote four poems and a one-act play about their plight. Blues musician . Their case inspired the writing of “To Kill a Mockingbird” to an extent. The Scottsboro Boys were headline news around the country in 1931, but today, most Americans have never heard about... + full article



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