Twisted Influence In the entirety of American society, there have been countless dark and twisted moments that question the claim to equal American freedom. Have we ever truly lived up to that promise? Many races and colors would strongly argue as to how their freedom slowly came to be, or never existed in the first place, and barely exists now. One particularly dark moment of American history is the time of the Scottsboro Trials. Despite the overwhelmingly terrifying situation the nine innocent boys faced, their trials shaped the future of America permanently. The bravery of the Scottsboro Boys ultimately brought blacks the first chance to a fair trial, chances to be on juries, and united blacks with white crowds for the first time in a great amount of time. With a direct effect from communist influence, the Scottsboro Boys are the first blacks given the right to a fair trial. Upon hearing of the uproar caused by the accusations placed upon the Scottsboro boys, communist scouts reported it to superiors as their chance to protect…show more content… In response to being barred from representing the Scottsboro boys anymore by Alabama, Leibowitz digs deep into Alabama history. He discovers written proof of the common knowledge that blacks were never allowed on juries in the South. In the jury records, Leibowitz discovers poorly scrawled black names at the bottom of the pages done recently. It was evidently faked, and submitted to the United States Supreme Court for review. Upon discovering this, the Supreme Court saw how sneaky the southern court system was. In response, it was required that blacks were allowed on juries, therefore bringing about a retrial for the Scottsboro Boys. Had their lawyer, Leibowitz not discovered this, perhaps blacks still wouldn’t have a chance to be on juries to this
