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Powell v. Alabama

Further Readings



  • Carter, Dan T. Scottsboro: A Tragedy of the American South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1969.
  • Chalmers, Allan Knight. They Shall Be Free. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1951.
  • Crenshaw, Files, and Kenneth A. Miller. Scottsboro: The Firebrand of Communism. Montgomery, AL: Brown Printing Co., 1936.
  • Hays, Arthur Garfield. Trial by Prejudice. New York: Covici, Friede Publishers, 1933.
  • Jordan, J. Glenn. The Unpublished Inside Story of the Infamous Scottsboro Case. Huntsville, AL: White Printing Co., 1932.
  • Patterson, Haywood. Scottsboro Boy. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1950.

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Law Library - American Law and Legal InformationNotable Trials and Court Cases - 1918 to 1940Powell v. Alabama - Significance, "victims Of `capitalist Justice'", "you Can't Mix Politics With Law", "no More Picture Snappin' Around Here"