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Jun 13, 2024 · The documentaries featured in this list offer a deep dive into the complex history of racial discrimination, showcasing personal stories, historical analysis, and the ongoing fight for justice.
- Harper Brooks
Jun 12, 2024 · Two white women, one underage, accused the men of raping them while on the train. Within a month, one man was found guilty and sentenced to death. A series of sensational trials, known as the Scottsboro trials, followed based on the testimony of the older woman, a known prostitute.
Jun 19, 2024 · Scottsboro: An American Tragedy is a 2001 American documentary film directed by Daniel Anker and Barak Goodman. The film is based on the historic story of the Scottsboro Boys, nine black teenagers who were wrongly convicted of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931.
Jun 10, 2024 · Scottsboro: An American Tragedy In March of 1931, two white women stepped off a train in Paint Rock, Alabama, and accused nine black teenage passengers of gang rape. So began the Scottsboro case, one of the legal battles that helped give rise to the Civil Rights movement.
- Kristina Claunch
- 2010
Jun 15, 2024 · Process controversies. Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, at the time the highest-grossing documentary film in movie history, was ruled ineligible because Moore had opted to have it played on television prior to the 2004 election.
Jun 19, 2024 · A guide listing the titles AND air dates for episodes of the TV series American Experience.
3 days ago · Scottsboro: An American Tragedy is a 2001 American documentary film directed by Daniel Anker and Barak Goodman. The film is based on the historic story of the Scottsboro Boys, nine black teenagers who were wrongly convicted of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931.
