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American Experience: Scottsboro: An American Tragedy DVD

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In March 1931, two white women stepped off a box car in Paint Rock, Alabama, with a shocking accusation of gang rape, by nine black teenagers on the train. So began the Scottsboro case, one of the 20th century's fieriest legal battles. The youths' trial generated the sharpest regional conflict since the Civil War, led to momentous Supreme Court decisions, an... ... More

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Producer: KCET in association with Red Hill Productions (WGB
Production Year: 2001
Copyright Year: 2001
Number of Discs: 1
Length: 90 minutes
Audio Format: Stereo

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Jac reviewed American Experience: Scottsboro: An American Tragedy DVD

Scottsboro Boys

Meaningful histroy showing the infinite depths of the racist core and evil among Alabamas white citizens, and gives a glimpse of the generations of damage and deprivations inflicted on hundreds of thousands of Alabamas black citizens from Reconstruction through the 1970s. One detailis missing from the ending of the documentary: What became of the Patterson guy who suffered longest in Alabamas prison and who esacaped from his chain gang to Detroit?

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Teacher reviewed American Experience: Scottsboro: An American Tragedy DVD

Excellent teaching resource

I am using this resource as context for teaching To Kill a Mockingbird. It is excellent.

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Deezoe reviewed American Experience: Scottsboro: An American Tragedy DVD

A must see for everyone

In my opinion ,this historical documentary should be shown in every American classroom so that young people not only learn about a dark time in our history but also learn just how far we have progressed as a nation and as a people.