The Man from Scottsboro: Clarence Norris and the Infamous 1931 Alabama Rape Trial, in His Own Words

by Kwando Mbiassi Kinshasa

Book Overview

In March 1931, Clarence Norris, a self-described hobo, and eight other black men were arrested in Paint Rock, Alabama, and charged with raping two white girls who were also hoboes on the train he was riding. The one day trial of the nine men, better known as the "Scottsboro Boys" resulted in conviction and the death sentence despite a paucity of evidence. Though later pardoned, Norris spent 13 years in jail. (He died in 1989.) Clarence Norris's description...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078641538X
• ISBN13: 9780786415380
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher