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Woman fights for Decatur Scottsboro Boys Civil Rights Museum
From WAAY 31, February 12, 2025 At 82 years-old, Dorothy Gordon is not slowing down in her mission to shed light on a pivotal chapter in...
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Mar 111 min read
Decatur's Scottsboro Boys Civil Rights Museum: A project to educate, heal, and preserve history
From WAAY 31, February 12, 2025 In celebration of Black History Month, we take a deeper look into a historic project underway in Decatur...
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Mar 111 min read
Honoring the Legacy of the Scottsboro Boys: A mission to preserve Civil Rights history
From WAAY 31 ABC, 02/10/2025 WAAY 31 spoke with the woman who's leading the charge to preserve the history of the Scottsboro Boys,...
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Oct 13, 20243 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 8, 20241 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 8, 20241 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 29, 20241 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 29, 20241 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 29, 20242 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 29, 20241 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 29, 20241 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 29, 20241 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 29, 20241 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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