To complete this assignment, watch the video below, then write a response to the prompts that follow.
Emory University (2012, Feb 13). The Scottsboro Boys. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/TmsYLmqx3wg
In a new Word document, write an essay in which you respond to the following questions:
What do you think is the significance of the Scottsboro trials?
How did the effects of the Great Depression increase racial tensions?
Why would the Communist party defend the Scottsboro defendants, while the ACLU and NAACP merely condemn the trial?
Why were the appeal and Supreme Court verdict so important? What long-term changes did this make in Alabama and throughout the United States?
What role did scarcity play in increasing tensions not only for African-Americans, but minorities nationwide?