In 1931, two white women stepped from a box car in Paint Rock, Alabama to make a shocking accusation: they had been raped by nine black teenagers on the train. So began one of the most significant legal fights of the twentieth century. The trial of the nine falsely accused teens would draw North and South into their sharpest conflict since the Civil War, yield two momentous Supreme Court decisions and give birth to the Civil Rights Movement. In addition to its historical significance, the Scottsboro story is a riveting drama about the struggles of nine innocent young men for their lives and a cautionary tale about using human beings as fodder for political causes.

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Scottsboro - An American Tragedy: Introduction --(2:20) -- Southern Rail Freight Train -- (2:41) -- Scottsboro: Nine Prisoners -- (4:16) -- Scottsboro: Two "Victims" -- (2:34) -- Example in Alabama -- (2:57) -- Scottsboro Trials -- (3:51) -- Uncompleted Revolution -- (3:55) -- Defending the Scottsboro Boys -- (2:34) -- Appealing the Scottsboro Verdict -- (3:50) -- Scottsboro Defandants' 2nd Trial -- (2:53) -- Witness Testimony -- (4:27) -- Cross Examination of Victoria Price -- (3:47) -- Attack on Southern Womanhood? -- (3:36) -- Defense Witnesses -- (2:09) -- Defendant and Victim Testimony -- (3:58) -- Closing Arguments -- (1:19) -- Trial Verdict -- (3:28) -- Overturning the Verdict -- (4:36) -- Unified Movement -- (2:19) -- Defendants' 3rd Trial -- (2:24) -- Inside Kilby Prison -- (2:10) -- Scottsboro Case Appealed -- (2:22) -- Defendants' 4th Trial -- (2:53) -- Freed Defendants -- (4:47) -- Scottsboro Boys -- (3:39) -- Clarence Norris -- (2:32) -- Credits: Scottsboro - An American Tragedy -- (1:27).