... many different perspectives. One chapter is entirely quoted from Judge Horton's decision in Haywood Patterson's trial while the next is quoted from a prominent black newspaper of the time. Goodman allows his audience to understand the Scottsboro conflict from studying conflicting perspectives about the case. Stories of Scottsboro has ... array of "racial defense" organizations. Another organization the NAACP, led by Walter White sent lawyers to the prison to gain support from the boys but they were too late. The ILD had gained mass support from the boys, the boy's families, and the Africa...

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... the most gruesome events that headed the Civil Rights Movement was the vicious murder of a young African American boy named Emmett Till. In August of1955, a fourteen year old, African American boy went to visit his relatives in the town of Money, Mississippi. Emmett Till was intelligent and bold and ... The body was reported to have one eye missing and collapsed skull, which had a bullet in it. The corpse was unrecognizable to many. Mose Wright could only positively identify the body was Emmett's because it had been wearing an initialed ring. The Emmett Till case quickly attracted the n...

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• Grade Level: High School

... "If you talk to town officials, they'll tell you it might be a little Satanism, a little bit of reading into Hitler, a little bit of boy-girl romance problems, of anger at parents and at classmates," said police chief William Slade (Morgan 2). One of Woodham's friends, Justin Sledge said "He was ... to blame something but this time the answer was more easily found. With a tie to Satanism any sort of trench coat wearing, dressed in black student, listening to Marilyn Manson became the target of suspicion. Not only had society begun the stereotype of school shooter but students began to ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... a relatively unhappy childhood. He grew up under harsh and struggling conditions in a very poor part of town. James grew up as the first of nine children. He learned he was not only poor and black but the ugliest child his stepfather had ever seen, with a weak body and pop eyes. ... profession. Rebelling against his household responsibilities, he soon moved to Greenwich Village and began to write a novel. He supported himself by performing a variety of odd jobs: handyman, porter, elevator operator, office boy, factory, worker, dishwasher, and a file clerk. He also took up a job in the de...

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• Grade Level: High School