One of the principals involved in their story reappeared by the name of Katherine Queen Victory Street as a 66-year-old to sue NBC for a TV movie depicting the ordeal. Their story was first written about in the Jackson County Sentinel and resultant t
One of the principals involved in their story reappeared by the name of Katherine Queen Victory Street as a 66-year-old to sue NBC for a TV movie depicting the ordeal. Their story was first written about in the Jackson County Sentinel and resultant tensions prompted a swift response from Governor Benjamin Miller. Their cause was taken up by Samuel Leibovitz at the behest of the ILD, and it was Leibovitz who did much to bring in to question the credibility of Victoria Price who, unlike Ruby Bates, had not recanted her testimony. The most famous legal implication of their case would be the Supreme Court's Powell decision, which held that this group had been denied due process. In 1989 the last surviving member, Clarence Norris, passed away. FTP, name this group of black teenagers who, in 1931 in Alabama, were accused of raping two white women.
One of the principals involved in their story reappeared by the name of Katherine Queen Victory Street as a 66-year-old to sue NBC for a TV movie depicting the ordeal.
the {Scottsboro Boys} or {Scottsboro Nine}