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 8
- 1 min
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 29
- 1 min
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 29
- 1 min
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 29
- 2 min
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 29
- 1 min
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 29
- 1 min
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 29
- 1 min
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 29
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
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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, 2022
- 1 min
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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