Accused!: The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys: Lies, Prejudice and the Fourteenth Amendment by Larry Dane Brimner

Accused!: The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys: Lies, Prejudice and the Fourteenth Amendment

Larry Dane Brimner

192 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction historical history race emotional slow-paced
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This 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. Awa...

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