Episode 074 Reidy On Scottsboro Boys Museum

Episode 74 – Tom Reidy on AHA 2024 Museum Award for The Scottsboro
Boys Museum Air Date: May 20, 2024 Dr. Tom Reidy, executive
director of The Scottsboro Boys Museum which received the Alabama
Historical Association’s Museum Award for 2024, discusses the
history of the infamous Scottsboro Boys case and the history and
programs of the museum itself. Links to things mentioned or implied
in the episode: Alabama Historical Association
https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Alabama Historical Association
Historical Museum Award
https://www.alabamahistory.net/historical-museum-award The
Scottsboro Boys Museum (1) https://www.thescottsboroboysmuseum.com/
; (2)
https://www.alabamaheritage.com/alabama-heritage-blog/the-historical-legacy-of-the-scottsboro-boys-museum
; (3)
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/scottsboro-boys-museum-and-cultural-center/
Sheila Washington
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/04/964172261/remembering-sheila-washington-who-told-the-story-of-the-scottsboro-boys
The Scottsboro Boys (case)
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/scottsboro-trials/
Alabama Chapter of the Communist Party USA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Chapter_of_the_Communist_Party_USA
Southern Worker newspaper
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/southernworker/ Jackson
County Sentinel newspaper
https://www.newspapers.com/paper/jackson-county-sentinel/29019/ The
Huntsville Times newspaper
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/the-huntsville-times/
International Labor Defense
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Labor_Defense Judge
James Horton
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/james-horton-jr/ Judge
Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (1976 docudrama)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074723/ Heavens Fall (2006 drama)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425094/ Samuel Leibowitz
https://www.famous-trials.com/scottsboroboys/1559-leibowitz Harlem
Renaissance
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/new-african-american-identity-harlem-renaissance
Langston Hughes https://poets.org/poet/langston-hughes Lead Belly
https://www.songhall.org/profile/Huddie_Ledbetter To Kill a
Mockingbird
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/to-kill-a-mockingbird/
Nelle Harper Lee
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/harper-lee/ NAACP
https://naacp.org/ Rosa Parks (and Scottsboro Boys)
https://rosaparksbiography.org/bio/scottsboro-boys/ The Scottsboro
Boys Act of 2023 https://www.al.com/breaking/2013/04/post_1132.html
Rather read? Here's a link to the transcript:
https://tinyurl.com/29thykt5 *Just a heads up – the provided
transcript is likely to be less than 100% accurate. The Alabama
History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff and its associate
producer is Laura Murray. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical
Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama.
The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the
past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other
programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.