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Nick Fraser
Storyville Series Editor
Scottsboro documents one of the most famous American criminal cases.
In March 1931 nine black boys were accused of raping two white girls. They were found guilty in a sensational trail and languished on death row. However, the judgement was overturned after six years of trials and a further four of legal manoeuvrings. Alabama was never the same after the Scottsboro case; nor was America.
This is the wholly gripping account of an injustice committed and then rectified. Even if you know nothing about American history and the struggle for civil rights, you will be overpowered by the strength of this narrative - and in spite of the suffering of the Scottsboro boys you will be relieved that their reputation was in the end vindicated.
