Scottsboro an American tragedy

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Title:

Scottsboro an American tragedy

Author:

Anker, Daniel.

Edition:

[DVD version].

Publication Information:

[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [2005]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

"In March 1931, two white women stepped from a boxcar in Paint Rock, Alabama to make a shocking accusation: they had been raped by nine black teenagers on the train. So began one of the most significant legal fights of the twentieth century. The trials of the nine young men would draw North and South into their sharpest conflict since the Civil War, yield two momentous Supreme Court decisions and give birth to the civil rights movement."--Container.

General Note:

Originally presented on the PBS program American experience in 2002.

Language:

English

Reading Level:

Rating: Not rated.

Subject Term:

Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931.

Trials (Rape) -- Alabama -- Scottsboro.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Documentary -- Television.