Alabama Grants Scottsboro Boys Posthumous Pardons

Eighty-two years after they were falsely accused of raping two white women, all of the “Scottsboro Boys” have been pardoned. Alabama’s Board of Pardons and Paroles pardoned the last three today after a unanimous vote, the Montgomery Advertiser reports. Nine black teens were accused of the rapes in 1931; by…
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Alabama Grants Scottsboro Boys Posthumous Pardons