Premiering this friday at the Young Vic, The Scottsboro Boys muscial, written by Kander & Ebb, tells the story of 9 black teenagers who were falsely accused of raping two white women on a train in Alabama in 1931. They were all sentenced to death by an all white jury apart from the youngest who was 12 - whilst none of them were killed they all still served time. The series of trials eventually led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling that allowed black people to sit on juries. This April they were posthumously pardoned. The production has been nominated for 12 Tony awards including Best Musical.
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