Who were they?
These are their names:
“I love the story about Andy because he had been a good student. His father died, so he had to go to work,” said Peggy Allen Towns, author of ‘Scottsboro Unmasked: Decatur’s Story.
“Eugene Williams, he was the second youngest,” said Towns.
“[Weems] He was the oldest. He was nineteen. [Norris] who was actually on his way to Sheffield, Alabama,” said Towns. “Montgomery. He was nearly blind, was traveling to Memphis to get glasses.”
Norris’ son, also named Clarence Norris, sees history repeat itself ninety-one years later. "I see these things happening now with Ahmaud Arbery, which is not too far down from me, down in Brunswick," said Norris. "It breaks my heart, and these families have to deal with the after-effects of losing their loved ones to something unjust," said Norris.
FOX54 News’ Keneisha Deas sat with Towns at the Morgan County Archives. Towns explains how the Scottsboro Boys became a name. Read more.
Credit AP
This Feb. 10, 2010 photo taken in Scottsboro, Ala., shows the Jackson County (Ala.) Sentinel from April 2, 1931, when nine young black men called ``The Scottsboro Boys'' were arrested on charges of raping two white women. The charges were later revealed as a sham, and the case gained notice worldwide. A new museum documenting the case has opened in Scottsboro. Only one of the nine Scottsboro Boys was formally pardoned by Alabama before dying. State officials would like to clear the names of the other eight, but figuring out how to rewrite history after 81 years is proving difficult. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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