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Were The Scottsboro Boys Become Injustice?

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The Scottsboro boys' case demonstrates that a lie can change a whole person’s life, the shame and anger people felt as one got blamed wrongfully knowing they didn't do anything. The Scottsboro boys faced injustice as they got blamed for something they never did. Many people have got blamed for little things or big things, which can change their life completely, or make them look like a bad person. One lie that was told can cause teenage boys to face life in prison, having no one by their side to defend them. The Scottsboro boys showed the impact of getting blamed for something simply because of their skin color. In order to better understand the Scottsboro boys, one must look at the hardships, impacts, and unfairness the Scottsboro boys faced …show more content…

Most of the boys didn’t even know each other prior to when they were accused, these boys were Clarence Norris, Haywood Patterson, Olen Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Charles Weem, Eugene Williams, and the two brothers Roy Wright and Andy Wright. “The lesson to black people, to my children, to everybody, is that you should always fight for your rights, even if it costs you your life. Stand up for your rights, even if it kills you. That’s all that life consists of (Johnson),” said Clarence Norris after his pardon in 1976 (“A Miscarriage of Justice: The True Story of the Scottsboro Boys — Signature Theatre”). The Scottsboro boys were teenagers who were failed by the unfair and rushed trials that were made. Clarence Norris was the last to live of the Scottsboro boys, he would spend his time in jail writing books and quotes (“A Miscarriage of Justice: The True Story of the Scottsboro Boys — Signature Theatre”). What happened to the Scottsboro Boys? The Scottsboro boys went through many things while they were in prison, having to go through around sixteen trials, being misjudged and facing life in …show more content…

Accessed March 14, 2024. Cose, Ellis. A. “The Saga of the Scottsboro Boys.” American Civil Liberties Union, 27 July 2020, www.aclu.org/issues/racial-justice/saga-scottsboro-boys. Accessed March 14, 2024. PBS. Who Were the Scottsboro Boys? | American Experience | PBS.” Pbs.org, 2019, www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/scottsboro-boys-who-were-the-boys/. Accessed March 14, 2024. Smithsonian. The Smithsonian. The Smithsonian. “The Scottsboro Boys | National Museum of African American History and Culture.” Nmaahc.si.edu, Smithsonian, 15 Mar. 2017, nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/scottsboro-boys. Accessed March 14, 2024. “The World of the Scottsboro Boys.” www.sigtheatre.org, www.sigtheatre.org/scottsboro/. Accessed 14 March,

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