Useful Links
Amistad digital resource; The Scottsboro Trial
https://www.amistadresource.org/plantation_to_ghetto/the_scottsboro_trial.html
A timeline of the Scottsboro Affair
https://www.facinghistory.org/mockingbird/scottsboro-affair
The Scottsboro Trial: A Timeline
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/scottsboronine-black-youth-arrested-for-assault/
Scottsboro Boys Trial and Defense Campaign (1931–1937)
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/scottsboro-boys-trial-and-defense-campaign-1931-1937/
Who Were the Scottsboro Boys?
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/scottsboro-boys-who-were-the-boys/
https://www.amistadresource.org/plantation_to_ghetto/the_scottsboro_trial.html
A timeline of the Scottsboro Affair
https://www.facinghistory.org/mockingbird/scottsboro-affair
The Scottsboro Trial: A Timeline
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/scottsboronine-black-youth-arrested-for-assault/
Scottsboro Boys Trial and Defense Campaign (1931–1937)
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/scottsboro-boys-trial-and-defense-campaign-1931-1937/
Who Were the Scottsboro Boys?
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/scottsboro-boys-who-were-the-boys/
Primary Sources
Cornell University Library Scottsboro Trials Collection
https://digital.library.cornell.edu/?f[collection_tesim][]=Scottsboro+Trials+Collection
Scottsboro: An American tragedy- Read some of the documents written during and after the Scottsboro incident.
The First Days
The New York Times interviews the youngest defendant, Roy Wright.
Langston Hughes on Scottsboro
A poet writes about the case.
Letter from Ruby Bates to Earl Streetman
An unreliable witness offers a confession.
Excerpts from the Transcript of Haywood Patterson's Second Trial
Speeches from the lawyers and judge reveal deep differences in attitudes.
A Pardon
Over forty-six years after his arrest, the last living defendant returns South.
Escape from Jail
To See Justice Done: Letters From the Scottsboro Boys Trials
http://scottsboroboysletters.as.ua.edu/
https://digital.library.cornell.edu/?f[collection_tesim][]=Scottsboro+Trials+Collection
Scottsboro: An American tragedy- Read some of the documents written during and after the Scottsboro incident.
The First Days
The New York Times interviews the youngest defendant, Roy Wright.
Langston Hughes on Scottsboro
A poet writes about the case.
Letter from Ruby Bates to Earl Streetman
An unreliable witness offers a confession.
Excerpts from the Transcript of Haywood Patterson's Second Trial
Speeches from the lawyers and judge reveal deep differences in attitudes.
A Pardon
Over forty-six years after his arrest, the last living defendant returns South.
Escape from Jail
To See Justice Done: Letters From the Scottsboro Boys Trials
http://scottsboroboysletters.as.ua.edu/
Lessons
The Scottsboro Trial
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/lesson-plan/scottsboro-trial
Overview of Lesson Plan: In this two-day lesson plan, students will explore issues of justice in American history through the Scottsboro trials. They will explore some of the issues that African Americans faced in the Jim Crow South. This lesson plan is a good way to begin talking about segregation and the Civil Rights Movement. It can also be used in conjunction with Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. Additionally, this in-depth look will allow students to analyze and use primary sources in developing social studies skills.
Objectives
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/lesson-plan/scottsboro-trial
Overview of Lesson Plan: In this two-day lesson plan, students will explore issues of justice in American history through the Scottsboro trials. They will explore some of the issues that African Americans faced in the Jim Crow South. This lesson plan is a good way to begin talking about segregation and the Civil Rights Movement. It can also be used in conjunction with Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. Additionally, this in-depth look will allow students to analyze and use primary sources in developing social studies skills.
Objectives
- Students will be able to identify and describe the events of Scottsboro case.
- Students will be able to assess and utilize primary sources such as letters, posters, and interviews.
- Students will be able to critique the justice system under Jim Crow.
- Students will be able to begin to describe the conditions of African Americans during segregation.
- Students will be able to analyze the role of these events in the larger context of the Civil Rights Movement.