American Experience
Season 13 Episode 10 - Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
Following the 17-year struggle to free nine blacks falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931. The struggle, which involved communist activists and laid the groundwork for the civil-rights movement, is chronicled involvingly in vintage stills and clips, comments by historians and readings by actors (including Stanley Tucci and Frances McDormand). "In the end, the state of Alabama bowed to reason," says narrator Andre Braugher, "and to exhaustion."
Episodes in Season 13
1
The Rockefellers (1)
55 min
2
The Rockefellers (2)
55 min
3
Secrets of a Master Builder
55 min
4
Return with Honor
55 min
5
Streamliners: America's Last Trains
55 min
6
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
55 min
7
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part I
55 min
8
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part II
55 min
9
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part III
55 min
10
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
55 min
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