Attorney Samuel Leibowitz shows the Statue of Liberty to the four freed Scottsboro boys visiting New York from Alabama, July 26, 1937. Eugene Williams sits at left; the defendants clustered at right are Willie Roberson, Roy Wright, and Olen Montgomery.
In proceedings that lasted from 1933 to 1937 Liebowitz, serving without a fee, argued the case all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court. It ruled that a Black person cannot be assured a fair trial in a community where they are systematically excluded from jury service. The Court ordered a retrial, with Black people included on the jury.
Charges (of raping two white women) were dropped against the men in the photo. The other five were convicted; three served prison sentences. The ones in prison all escaped, but two were caught, subsequently charged with other crimes, and convicted. The only one sentenced to death jumped parole and went into hiding for 30 years. He was found in 1976 and pardoned by Governor George Wallace.
A commission I got from @shirochiidesu to show Irvine's relationship with the RVT! They genuinely care for everyone on board and they're especially fond of Roy
Here's a blank version if anyone wants to make their own! I'd love to see it!
Country to City: some of the Grand Ole Opry troupe outside the Palace Theatre, November 2, 1955. From left to right: Irving Berger, manager of the Palace; Roy Acuff; Ruby Wells; Kitty Wells; Johnnie Wright; and Jack Anglin.
Can you do the Energy Alignment Chart that you did for F1 drivers, for football pundits and personalities??
(Just some suggestions, but please pick and swap as you wish!)
GNev, Carra, Micah, Roy, Wrighty, Jill Scott, Jamie Redknapp, Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, Graeme Souness, Thierry Henry, Dave Jones, Kate Abdo
ANYTHING FOR YOU! 💞
redknapp would go into dumb hoe category and lineker would go into sad category just bcs he played for spurs and everton, which is pretty sad imnsho, but i couldn't fit them in because this is pretty perfect tbh since carraville are together. jill has the biggest dick out of them all and kate is between big dick and big bitch bcs i am right 😹✌🏻