The Scottsboro Boys

1989

January 23: Clarence Norris dies at the age of 76

 

Effects:        

1. The right to Counsel-“The court ruled they were denied the right to effective counsel in their first trial when the judge named all members of the Jackson County bar to defend them, effectively diffusing final responsibility for the case. (Patterson vs. Alabama, 1932)” (Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center)

2. Nondiscrimination in juror rolls-“because Jackson juror rolls excluded Blacks, the Court ruled the defendants had not received equal protection under the law. (Norris vs. Alabama, 1935)” (Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center)

3. The case of the Scottsboro boys shows the injustice that the U.S. had during that time period.

 

Influenced by case:

Scottsboro Boy

 -autobiography published by Haywood Patterson in 1950

 

The Last of the Scottsboro Boys

-autobiography published by Clarence Norris in 1979

 

Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird

-Ms. Lee, was born Nelle Harper Lee on April 28, 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama

-Pulitzer Prize Winner, Presidential Medal of Freedom

 

Scottsboro: A Tragedy of the American South

-published by Dan T. Carter in 1970

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ARCHIVIST, EDUCATOR, HISTORIAN, and ARTiST
Dale Ricardo Shields is a 2017 winner of The Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award®, 2017 and 2015 Tony® award nominee for the Excellence in Theatre Education Award, the 2017 AUDELCO/"VIV" Special Achievement Award, 2020, 2021, and 2022 ENCORE AWARD / The Actors Fund and winner of the 2022.

Recently, he won the 2022 Legend Award from his alma mater Ohio University.

He is the 2021 winner of the Paul Robeson Award, presented (jointly) by the Actors Equity Association and the Actors Equity Foundation.

Research Accomplishments:
His extensive professional credits as a Director, Stage manager, and Actor (Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and Regional) As an actor he has appeared on Saturday Night Live, Another World, Guiding Light, The Cosby Show, and the ITV television series "Special Needs" and commercials and film.

Professor Shields is a member of the Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and the American Guild of Musical Artists performance unions and an associate member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

He began his artistic academic career in New York City at Playwrights Horizon, The South Bronx Action Theatre, and Mind Builders, and then was invited to join the teaching staff at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre (New York Shakespeare Festival). He represented the United States for Theatre Young Audiences at the ASSITEJ Theatre Festival in London, England.

He has been a Professor and Visiting Artist at Ohio University, The College of Wooster, Denison University, Macalester College, Randolph- Macon College, Susquehanna University, and SUNY Potsdam.

He holds B.F.A and M.F.A, Degrees from Ohio University.

Website(s)

Iforcolor.org [Research]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Ricardo_Shields [Career]