{"product_id":"accused-the-trials-of-the-scottsboro-boys-lies-prejudice-and-the-fourteenth-amendment-9781629797755","title":"Accused!: The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys: Lies, Prejudice, and the Fourteenth Amendment","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis chilling and harrowing account tells the story of the Scottsboro Boys, nine African-American teenagers who, when riding the rails during the Great Depression, found their lives destroyed after two white women falsely accused them of rape. Award-winning author Larry Dane Brimner explains how it took more than eighty years for their wrongful convictions to be overturned.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1931, nine teenagers were arrested as they traveled on a train through Scottsboro, Alabama. The youngest was thirteen, and all had been hoping to find something better at the end of their journey. But they never arrived. Instead, two white women falsely accused them of rape. The effects were catastrophic for the young men, who came to be known as the Scottsboro Boys. Being accused of raping a white woman in the Jim Crow south almost certainly meant death, either by a lynch mob or the electric chair. The Scottsboro boys found themselves facing one prejudiced trial after another, in one of the worst miscarriages of justice in U.S. history. They also faced a racist legal system, all-white juries, and the death penalty. Noted Sibert Medalist Larry Dane Brimner uncovers how the Scottsboro Boys spent years in Alabama's prison system, enduring inhumane conditions and torture. The extensive back matter includes an author's note, bibliography, index, and further resources and source notes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLarry Dane Brimner is the award-winning author of a number of civil rights and social justice titles for Calkins Creek, including \u003ci\u003eBlacklisted!: Hollywood, the Cold War, and the First Amendment\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Twelve Days in May\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe 2018 Robert F. Sibert Medal Winner;\u003ci\u003e STRIKE! The Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Black \u0026amp; White\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene \"Bull\" Connor, \u003c\/i\u003e the 2012 Robert F. Sibert Honor Winner; \u003ci\u003eBirmingham Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e We Are One\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e The Story of Bayard Rustin.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Calkins Creek Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50422003368210,"sku":"9781629797755","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5afe3b9f-8bbb-44ed-871f-314ae7c43c88.jpg?v=1729519590","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/accused-the-trials-of-the-scottsboro-boys-lies-prejudice-and-the-fourteenth-amendment-9781629797755","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}