About this Book

In Powell v. Alabama (1932), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Ozie Powell had been denied effective counsel at his rape trial. This book tells the gripping story of Powell and the other Scottsboro Boys: their arrest and trial and their struggle to overturn their convictions and death sentences for a crime that they did not commit. It also examines the effects of the Court's decision on the individuals involved and on American society.