Answer questions related to the Scottsboro Boys trials.

1.How did the trials exacerbate the social, political, religious, and radical divisions in America?

2.How would teens be treated differently by today’s court system?

3. Explain why the location of the alleged crime helped cause the judge to doubt the women's testimony

4. How do you think the trials affected the national perception of Alabama?

5. What role did the Communist organization International Labor Defense (1.1.D.) and the N.A.A.C.P. play in the trials?

6.What elements of the trials do you consider to be the most unjust?