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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]
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.
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]
He also wrote songs about people in the news, such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, Jean Harlow, Jack Johnson, the Scottsboro Boys and Howard Hughes. Lead Belly's work has been widely covered by subsequent musical acts, including:
The ILD defended Sacco and Vanzetti, was active in the anti-lynching, movements for civil rights, and prominently participated in the defense and legal appeals in the cause célèbre of the Scottsboro Boys in the early 1930s. Its work contributed to the appeal of the Communist Party among African Americans in the South.
Timothy Hutton... Samuel Leibowitz; David Strathairn...Judge James E. Horton; Leelee Sobieski...Victoria Price; Anthony Mackie...William Lee; Bill Sage... Thomas ...
In early 1937, after a series of secret meetings with Thomas Knight, Leibowitz reluctantly agreed to a compromise, which would result in the release of four of the Scottsboro Boys and allow prosecutions to again go forward against the others. Of the compromise, Leibowitz said, "I say yes, but with a heavy heart, and I feel very badly about it."