Episode 07: The Scottsboro Boys
Freedom's Promise
English - August 19, 2019 15:47 - 11 minutes - 15.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsHistory Education Courses 3rdgrade 4thgrade 5thgrade 6thgrade africanamerican duchessharris history k12 youth Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Teen Zach Thomas and his mom, professor and author Duchess Harris, explore the story of the arrest in 1931 of nine falsely accused black teen boys in Scottsboro Alabama and the impact of the trials – spanning decades – that followed.
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For more information about the Freedom's Promise books and the Duchess Harris Collection, visit http://www.abdobooks.com/duchess-harris-collection For more information about Duchess Harris, visit http://www.duchessharris.com/ To request a text-document transcription of this episode, email [email protected] "Strange Fruit," Billie Holiday, (c) 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.Freedom's Promise, podcast and radio series credits
Duchess Harris: Writer and host Zach Thomas: Co-host Barry Madore, Fire on the Bluff Productions: Producer, recording engineer, editor Opening and closing music: “Black cat Funky” by reusenoise — http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/reusenoise/56513 — (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license Freedom's Promise Show page: http://freedomspromise.libsyn.com