Group 2,
Your job is to become an expert on the Scottsboro Boys. Click on the link below to start learning about them. When you are finished, answer the questions below. Be sure to read carefully because you will be teaching your classmates everything you know about The Scottsboro Boys and their trials.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/149KRmUpyEnirlqGX5sUhIzAc8qH1CGS1ww1-HRolxlY/edit?usp=sharing
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/scottsboro-boys
https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/scottsboro-boys
Questions:
1. Who were the Scottsboro Boys? What are they famous for? What drew attention to them (summarize the scenario).
2. Who were Ruby Bates and Victoria Price? Describe their claims and role in the case? Why may they be credible/not credible in this case?
3. The Scottsboro Boy were not provided with adequate defense lawyers. Please list at least 3 ways in which the defense lawyers were inadequate.
4. Where and when did the Scottsboro Boys' original trial take place? How do you think this affected the outcome of their trial? How was the courtroom summarized by the boys?
5. What does the NAACP acronym stand for? Why did the NAACP decide not to help the Scottsboro Boys?
6. The Communist Party came to the aid of the Scottsboro Boys. How did the South perceive the Communist Party, and how was it similar to the perception of blacks? What was the Communist Party's hidden agenda in providing aid to the Scottsboro Boys?
7. Describe the trials. Were they fair or unfair? Please include at least 3 supporting facts to back up your description.
8. Were the Scottsboro Boys ever pardoned of their convictions? Describe why the timing of this is so relevant.
9. There is a ton more information! Choose what you think most relevant to include on your last slide. Your choice!
