The Scottsboro Boys 1. Who were the Scottsboro Boys? How did they get into so much trouble? 2. Where and when did the Scottsboro Boys' original trial.

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The Scottsboro Boys 1. Who were the Scottsboro Boys? How did they get into so much trouble? 2. Where and when did the Scottsboro Boys' original trial take place? How do you think this affected the outcome of their trial? 3. What does the NAACP acronym stand for? Why did the NAACP decide not to help the Scottsboro Boys? 4. The Communist Party came to the aid of the Scottsboro Boys. How did the South perceive the Communist Party, and how was it similar to the perception of blacks? What was the Communist Party's hidden agenda in providing aid to the Scottsboro Boys? 5. The Scottsboro Boy were not provided with adequate defense lawyers. Please list at least 3 ways in which the defense lawyers were inadequate. 6. Describe the trials. Were they fair or unfair? Please include at least 3 supporting facts to back up your description. 7. Were the Scottsboro Boys ever pardoned of their convictions? 8. The Scottosboro Boys' trial took place during the childhood of To Kill A Mockingbird's author, Harper Lee.. Make a prediction about how this trial might be an important impetus for the book.