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Black Communists Speak on Scottsboro: A Documentary History
Temple University Press, 2007 Paper: 978-1-59213-598-1 | Cloth: 978-1-59213-597-4 | eISBN: 978-1-59213-599-8 Library of Congress Classification KF224.S34B53 2008 Dewey Decimal Classification 345.7619502523
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
On March 25, 1931, Alabama police detained nine young African AMerican men at a railroad stop not far from Scottsboro. In the process, they encountered two white women -- who promptly accused the young men of raping them. Soon after, all-white juries found the nine youths guilty and eight of them were sentenced to death. Although many Americans were outraged by the injustices of the case, the loudest voices raised in protest were those of members of the American Communist Party. Many white Communists spoke out, but black Communists took the lead in organizing public protests and legal responses. As this surprising book makes clear, they were acting at the direction of the Communist International (Comintern), which had directed them to address the "Negro problem." Now, with the opening of formerly inaccessible Communist party archives, this collection of primary documents reveals the little-known but major roles played by black Communists in the case of "the Scottsboro Boys." See other books on: African American communists | Documentary History | Howard, Walter T. | Scottsboro | Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931 See other titles from Temple University Press |
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Black Communists Speak on Scottsboro: A Documentary History
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC | REQUEST ACCESSIBLE FILE
Temple University Press, 2007
Paper: 978-1-59213-598-1
Cloth: 978-1-59213-597-4
eISBN: 978-1-59213-599-8
Paper: 978-1-59213-598-1
Cloth: 978-1-59213-597-4
eISBN: 978-1-59213-599-8
On March 25, 1931, Alabama police detained nine young African AMerican men at a railroad stop not far from Scottsboro. In the process, they encountered two white women -- who promptly accused the young men of raping them. Soon after, all-white juries found the nine youths guilty and eight of them were sentenced to death. Although many Americans were outraged by the injustices of the case, the loudest voices raised in protest were those of members of the American Communist Party.
Many white Communists spoke out, but black Communists took the lead in organizing public protests and legal responses. As this surprising book makes clear, they were acting at the direction of the Communist International (Comintern), which had directed them to address the "Negro problem." Now, with the opening of formerly inaccessible Communist party archives, this collection of primary documents reveals the little-known but major roles played by black Communists in the case of "the Scottsboro Boys."
Many white Communists spoke out, but black Communists took the lead in organizing public protests and legal responses. As this surprising book makes clear, they were acting at the direction of the Communist International (Comintern), which had directed them to address the "Negro problem." Now, with the opening of formerly inaccessible Communist party archives, this collection of primary documents reveals the little-known but major roles played by black Communists in the case of "the Scottsboro Boys."
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