Which of the Following Statements About the Scottsboro Case Is

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the Scottsboro case is LEAST accurate?

• A)White Alabamans prided themselves on the initial verdict because,even though the black defendants were sentenced to death on flimsy evidence,they nonetheless were not lynched.
• B)Despite initially receiving death sentences,all of the convicted defendants were eventually released.
• C)The case brought national and international attention to the South's often barbaric justice system,and the worst aspects of the Jim Crow system.
• D)The notoriety of the case led to the substantial erosion of legal protections for African Americans,as white southerners dug in their heels against calls for reform.

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