Stories of Scotboro

Stories of Scottsboro. By James E. Goodman. (New York: Vintage Books. c.1994. pp. 274. $16.00) Currently in the United States of America, there is a wave a patriotism sweeping across this great land: a feeling of pride in being an American and in being able to call this nation home. The United States is the land of the free and the home of the brave; however, for the African-American citizens of the United States, from the inception …

…us that time, the height of the worst era in this country. We have come out of it and owe that to men who were examples like the Scottsboro boys. Their pain was this nation’s stepping stool to becoming colorblind. We are on our way now because of men like Clarence Norris. God bless them. Nevertheless, I am still ashamed. Not of being American, but that we went through Scottsboro, Alabama to get here.