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Stories of Scottsboro

James Goodman

A narrative history of the trial of nine black men for the rape of two white women on a train traveling through northern Alabama in 1931. The Supreme Court struck down the guilty verdict twice in a case which "marked a watershed in American racial justice."--Page 4 of cover.

HistoryAmerican History · medium confidenceAmerican History81 signalsLlm Classifier: American History -> American HistoryKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryKeyword Classifier: Gender & Sexuality -> Gender & SexualityBlack History & CultureCivil Rights & Racial JusticeReconstruction

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Pulitzer Prize in HistoryMajor1995FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

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  2. 02 Central places

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    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • Scottsboro62%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    The Supreme Court’s rulings striking down the guilty verdicts in the Scottsboro trial twice marked a watershed in American racial justice.

    Model confidence 67%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 74%.