The Significance Of The Scottsboro Case

Racial injustice was common in the south during the early 1900’s. Black people were tried and convicted unjustly many times. This led to the lives of many people being destroyed. One such case was the Scottsboro boys. The Scottsboro case illustrated race relations in the south and how it later impacted civil rights in the south. The verdict of the Scottsboro case was very significant and impacted the lives of many black people in the United States. This case also influenced future capital punishment cases and illustrated how race impacted the outcomes of many court cases.

The verdict of the Scottsboro case was very significant and impactful to the lives of black people in the United States. According to World Almanac Videos, the author (Richard Wormser) suggests that,” The case was one of the first to cause heavy national attention on the political and social forces at work in the furtherance of racism.” Page 9. The evidence shows that civil rights in the south and equal treatment of blacks in the south was a major issue in the early 1900’s and this discrimination even extended into law. This case changed how people thought about the law. The boys were charged with raping two

According to, Douglas O. Linder, the author indicates that,” Six weeks later the supreme court announced their version in Norris vs. Alabama unanimously holding that the Alabama system or jury selection unconstitutional and reversing the conviction of Norris and Patterson.” This evidence demonstrates that the Scottsboro cases redefined laws surrounding unjust jury selections and unjust convictions in Alabama. The supreme court realized after this case that African Americans were not being lawfully tried and that change was necessary. Southern states would act very unconstitutional in the verdicts of many cases. Finally, future capital punishment changed so that no one was punished until proven guilty no matter what skin color they