THE EXECUTION OF THE NINE UNEMPLOYED YOUNG BLACK MEN , THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS WERE FALSELY ACCUSED

 On March 25, 1931, nine unemployed young black men, the Scottsboro Boys were falsely accused of raping two white women on board a train near Scottsboro, Alabama in 1931.

Convicted and facing execution, the case sparked international demonstrations and succeeded in both highlighting the racism of the American legal system and in overturning the conviction.  

     The Soviet Union and Communist Part of USA played an important part fighting for the boys freedom and making their story known everywhere.

 There were "Free Scottsboro Boys" protests all over the world. "The Scottsboro Boys", as they became known, were defended by many in the North and attacked by many in the South. 

The case is now widely considered a miscarriage of justice, highlighted by the use of all-white juries.


     William L. Patterson who went to Russia many times in those days was one of the attorneys representing this case. Oliver Golden, George Tynes and others who went to work in the Soviet Union were writing letters and petitions demanding justice for the boys.

 Charges were finally dropped for four of the nine defendants.

 Sentences for the rest ranged from 75 years to death.

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Melvin Earl Biddle of Daleville, Indiana, a Corporal in the U.S. Army, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on December 23-24, 1944, near Soy, Belgium.


Biddle was drafted into the Army in January 1943, and by December 23, 1944, was serving in Europe as a private first class in Company B, 1st Battalion, 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment. On December 23-24, 1944, he reconnoitered the German lines alone, killed three enemy snipers, and silenced four machine gun emplacements.

He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on December 23-24, 1944. After leaving the military, Biddle worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs for 26 years until his retirement. He died of congestive heart failure in December 2010 following a sudden illness. He is buried in Anderson’s Memorial Park Cemetery.

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