The Scottsboro Boys

by Cates, David

• ISBN13: 9781617833106
• ISBN10: 161783310X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-01-01
• Publisher: Essential Library

Summary

This title examines an important historic event the orphan train movement. Easy-to-read, compelling text explores the history of the Children's Aid Society and the development of the Brace School, lodging houses, and industrial schools, the conditions that led to child abandonment in the 1800s, problems with institutional care and child labor laws, the roles the Civil War, the Great Depression, and people like Charles Loring Brace played, and the effects of this event on society. Features include a table of contents, glossary, selected bibliography, Web links, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts. Essential Events is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Table of Contents

Segregation and Jim Crow	p. 6
The Terrible Journey Begins	p. 14
The Trial	p. 22
Support for the Boys	p. 34
The Supreme Court	p. 42
The Retrial	p. 50
Tried Again	p. 60
Supreme Court Justice	p. 70
Back to Alabama	p. 78
The Bitter End	p. 86
Timeline	p. 96
Essential Facts	p. 100
Glossary	p. 102
Additional Resources	p. 104
Source Notes	p. 106
Index	p. 110
About the Author	p. 112
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