Start your review of scottsboro a tragedy of the american south write a review mar 02 2014 david eppenstein rated it really liked it shelves history american history non fiction i am a retired public defender and have spent my legal career entirely devoted to indigent criminal defense reading this book would therefore be more interesting and engrossing to me than most laymen while . The 1970 publication of scottsboro a tragedy of the american south inspired a 1976 docudrama that rekindled controversy and interest in the case. Scottsboro an american tragedy is a 2001 american documentary film directed by daniel anker and barak goodman the film is based on one of the longest running and most controversial courtroom pursuits of racism in american history which led to nine black teenaged men being wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in alabama. The 1970 publication of his award winning scottsboro a tragedy of the american south inspired a 1976 docudrama that rekindled controversy and interest in the case dan t carter is andrew w mellon professor of history at emory university in addition to the bancroft prize his account of scottsboro won the jules f landry award the lillian smith award and the anisfield wolf award in race . Scottsboro a tragedy of the american south by carter dan t publication date 1969 topics scottsboro trial scottsboro ala 1931 publisher baton rouge louisiana state university press collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks china digitizing sponsor internet archive contributor internet archive language english includes bibliographical references access restricted item