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Oct 133 min read

Scottsboro Boys Museum in Decatur depicts historic moments in civil rights history

From 256Today, DECATUR — In March 1931, nine Black youths traveled on a Southern Railway train from Memphis. Crossing into Alabama, a...

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Aug 81 min read

From the Decatur Daily: Historic move of Judge Horton house to continue Saturday

Oct. 7—In a move of historic proportions, the transport of Judge James Horton's home began Thursday and will continue into Decatur on...

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Aug 81 min read

Scottsboro Boys Museum Project

From BetterWorld.org : There are other Civil Rights Museums in Alabama. This one is for Decatur and North Alabama. Our activities in...

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Jul 291 min read

From SoulGrown - This new Alabama museum will honor one of the state’s most gripping historical Civil Rights stories

In March of 1931, nine Black youth traveled on a Southern Railway train headed for Memphis, Tennessee. Crossing into Alabama, a vicious...

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Jul 291 min read

Fox54 - Historic Horton House completes move, will be centerpiece of Scottsboro Boys Civil Rights Museum

The move is part of a plan to create a complex that will tell the Scottsboro Boys' story and create a new legal learning center. After a...

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Jul 292 min read

FOX 54 - Scottsboro Boys Revisited

Who were they? These are their names: Haywood Patterson Andy Wright Roy Wright Eugene Williams Olen Montgomery Ozie Powell William...

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Jul 291 min read

AL.COM - Scottsboro Boys to get museum in Decatur

Almost 100 years since being wrongly accused of rape, the nine African Americans known as the “Scottsboro Boys” will be honored in new...

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Jul 291 min read

WHNT - Historic home of Scottsboro Boys trial judge completes move to Decatur

DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — The former home of Scottsboro Boys trial Judge James Horton is finally in old town Decatur where it’s set to...

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Jul 291 min read

Positively Decatur Interview with Frances Tate and Peggy Towns

Decatur is soon to be home to a multi-million-dollar civil rights museum, thanks to Celebrating Early Old Town with Art (CEOTA), a...

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Jul 291 min read

WAAY 31 News - Building that once housed Scottsboro Boys accuser being renovated for civil rights museum

As society moves closer to the 100-year anniversary of a landmark case in which nine Black teens were falsely accused and convicted by an...

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Feb 3, 20221 min read

Scottsboro Boys - CEOTA Civil Rights Museum New QR Code

The Scottsboro Boys - CEOTA Civil Rights Museum has created a QR code to help visitors learn more about the Scottsboro Boys trials.

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Feb 2, 20221 min read

Scottsboro Boys Civil Rights Museum - Website Under Construction

The Board of Directors of the Scottsboro Boys Civil Rights Museum (Decatur, Alabama) have commissioned the development of a website. The...

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Feb 2, 20221 min read

Annual Gala Guest Speaker

Thom Gossom, Jr., will be the guest speaker at CEOTA's (Celebrating Early Old Town with Art) " 5th Annual Gala. Mr. Gossom is, "an...

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