Bibliograph

Accused!, the trials of the Scottsboro boys, lies, prejudice, and the fourteenth amendment, Larry Dane Brimner

Type

Label

Accused!, the trials of the Scottsboro boys, lies, prejudice, and the fourteenth amendment, Larry Dane Brimner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-181) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

12-19, Brodart

resource.interestGradeLevel

7-12, Brodart

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Accused!

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1117554233

Responsibility statement

Larry Dane Brimner

Sub title

the trials of the Scottsboro boys, lies, prejudice, and the fourteenth amendment

Summary

This chilling and harrowing account tells the story of the Scottsboro Boys, nine African-American teenagers who, when riding the rails during the Great Depression, found their lives destroyed after two white women falsely accused them of rape. Award-winning author Larry Dane Brimner explains how it took more than eighty years for their wrongful convictions to be overturned

Target audience

adolescent

Classification