"Rights Still Being Righted": Scottsboro Eighty Years Later
Daily Worker, Scottsboro headline, 1932. Courtesy of Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library. In her essay on the March 25, 2011 commemoration activities marking the eightieth anniversary of the Scottsboro Boys' arrests, Ellen Spears reflects on how the Scotts...
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| description | Daily Worker, Scottsboro headline, 1932. Courtesy of Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.
In her essay on the March 25, 2011 commemoration activities marking the eightieth anniversary of the Scottsboro Boys' arrests, Ellen Spears reflects on how the Scottsboro trials have been represented and remembered. Spears considers the space of the Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center as the commemoration setting and the challenges of civil rights memorialization. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-574ab024e0b249d89403cfa995b104812022-12-21T20:03:59ZengEmory Center for Digital ScholarshipSouthern Spaces1551-27542011-06-0110.18737/M74S5M"Rights Still Being Righted": Scottsboro Eighty Years LaterEllen Griffith Spears0University of AlabamaDaily Worker, Scottsboro headline, 1932. Courtesy of Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library. In her essay on the March 25, 2011 commemoration activities marking the eightieth anniversary of the Scottsboro Boys' arrests, Ellen Spears reflects on how the Scottsboro trials have been represented and remembered. Spears considers the space of the Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center as the commemoration setting and the challenges of civil rights memorialization.https://southernspaces.org/node/42905African American StudiesCriminal JusticeMemory and Memorial CulturesSocial Movements |
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| title | "Rights Still Being Righted": Scottsboro Eighty Years Later |
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| title_full_unstemmed | "Rights Still Being Righted": Scottsboro Eighty Years Later |
| title_short | "Rights Still Being Righted": Scottsboro Eighty Years Later |
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| topic | African American Studies Criminal Justice Memory and Memorial Cultures Social Movements |
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