Almost 100 years since being wrongly accused of rape, the nine African Americans known as the “Scottsboro Boys” will be honored in new museum in Decatur.
The Celebrating Early Old Town with Art board said in an announcement Monday that it would formally unveil plans for the museum at its annual gala in Decatur.
"The multi-million development will be Decatur’s newest and boldest step forward in civil rights history and recognition," CEOTA said in the announcement. "The primary goal of the museum is to house, display and demonstrate the CEOTA collection and to depict Decatur’s role in the historic trial of the Scottsboro Boys, reflecting the civil rights struggles and victories during that era." Read more.
The statue of Judge James Edwin Horton unveiled Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, in front of the Limestone County Courthouse, where he wrote the landmark decision overturning the guilty verdict of an all-white jury against one of the Scottsboro Boys in 1933.
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