What Did the Case of the Scottsboro Boys Involve

question 38

Multiple Choice

What did the case of the Scottsboro Boys involve?

• A) two young communists accused of plotting to overthrow the government
• B) two young white women who falsely accused nine black men of rape on a train
• C) a case where blacks' schoolteachers had taught the concept of evolution rather than the Biblical story of the evolution of man
• D) two young boys who were lynched by a group of whites for stealing candy from a white store owned by the local sheriff and police chief

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