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 all-white jury of raping two white women — a case that led to two major Supreme Court rulings — a building that housed one of the accusers is being renovated to tell their story and of civil rights in Decatur, according to one of the women behind the renovation.
The Scottsboro Boys-CEOTA Civil Rights Museum was first announced about two years ago, and board members are currently in the process of raising funds for each phase of construction. Continue reading
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