Scottsboro

Proper noun

Meaning

A city, the county seat of Jackson County, Alabama, United States.

An unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Georgia, United States.

Examples

Growing up in an affluent white family, the author recounts stories heard from his father, Waights Taylor Sr., and weaves them together with the lives of Rosa Parks and Clarence Norris, one of the Scottsboro Boys, all 18 years old in 1931. Source: Internet

The Horror of the Prison Promoting, Judge Recalling Movementby Feminist & Prison AbolitionistWhen this anti-prison woman first heard about the anti-rape movement, I recalled the Scottsboro Boys, a group of black boys and men framed for rape in the 1930s. Source: Internet

The ILD was known for leading the defense of the Scottsboro boys in Alabama in 1931, where the Communist Party had considerable influence among African Americans in the 1930s. Source: Internet

The notorious Scottsboro case had been brought to prominence by the Communist Party. citation In the 1940s, Parks and her husband were members of the Voters' League. Source: Internet

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