Copy print photograph of the “Scottsboro Boys”

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An early copy print black-and-white group photograph of the nine “Scottsboro Boys," surrounded by armed guards. The group of young Black boys is pictured outdoors, with a line of white, uniformed guards holding long guns behind them. Pictured from left to right is: Clarence Norris, 19; Olen Montgomery, 17; Andrew Wright, 19; Willie Roberson, 17; Ozie Powell, 16; Eugene Williams, 13; Charlie Weems, 19; Leroy Wright, 13; and Haywood Patterson, 18. All are dressed in dark clothing, some in thick sweaters and trousers, others in baggy dungarees and jackets, all holding their hats. On the verso is a Keystone stamp as well as a caption typewritten on adhered white paper: [THE NINE NEGROES CONCERNED IN THE SCOTTSBORO TRIAL / KEYSTONE].

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