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

This nonfiction account examines the Scottsboro Boys, nine Black teenagers falsely accused of rape in Alabama in 1931. Set during the Great Depression, it follows their ordeal through a racist judicial system after two white women made the accusations. The book includes archival photographs as well as a bibliography, footnotes, and an index, documenting a case shaped by false charges, prejudice, and the legal system.