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The Scottsboro Boys is a musical with a book by David Thompson, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.Based on the Scottsboro Boys trial, the musical is one of the last collaborations between Kander and Ebb prior to the latter's death.
The pardons granted to the Scottsboro Boys today are long overdue. The legislation that led to today's pardons was the result of a bipartisan, cooperative effort. I appreciate the Pardons and Parole Board for continuing our progress today and officially granting these pardons. Today, the Scottsboro Boys have finally received justice. [6]
Joshua Anthony Charlton Henry [1] (born September 2, 1984) is a Canadian-American actor and singer of stage and screen.. He is best known for starring as Billy Bigelow in the third Broadway revival of Carousel and as Haywood Patterson in Kander and Ebb's The Scottsboro Boys, both of which earned him Tony Award nominations. [2]
He made his Broadway debut as Mr. Tambo in the 2010 musical The Scottsboro Boys, after appearing in the musical off-Broadway. [4] The role led to McClendon's first Tony Award nomination in May 2011 for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. [2] [6]
Ages and Ages is an American rock band from Portland, Oregon. The group was included as Portland‘s 2011 Best New band by Willamette Week. [1] In 2011 they signed a record deal with Partisan Records and were dropped from the roster in 2017. In 2013 the band changed their name from AgesandAges to Ages and Ages.
The Scottsboro Boys Museum is located in the former Joyce Chapel United Methodist Church, a former African American church. [5] The oldest surviving African American church in the county, [ 2 ] the congregation dissolved in January 2009 and leased its building to the museum. [ 6 ]
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. [ 1 ]
In the next set of Scottsboro trials, Leibowitz allowed a local attorney to assume the more visible role while he did the coaching. Leibowitz and others concerned with the Scottsboro Boys' welfare feared that the trials might become a referendum on Leibowitz himself, who had become more unpopular than ever in northern Alabama.