Question

After the communist Southern Worker newspaper publicized the plight of defendants in this city, the International Labor Defense successfully appealed their case to the Supreme Court. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Alabama city where a bogus trial resulted in the Supreme Court case Powell v. Alabama. Governor George Wallace pardoned Clarence Norris in 1976 after he was sentenced to death in this city.
ANSWER: Scottsboro (The defendants were the Scottsboro boys.)
[10e] Though originally hesitant to get involved, this civil rights organization eventually joined with the Communist Party in defending the Scottsboro boys. Its historical members include Ida B. Wells and Thurgood Marshall.
ANSWER: NAACP [or National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]
[10m] The Southern Worker was based in a city in this state, though it claimed to be from Birmingham in order to evade police. In another trial in this state, Clarence Darrow defended a schoolteacher accused of violating the Butler Act.
ANSWER: Tennessee (That trial was the Scopes Monkey trial.)
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DukeJames Madison B0101020
James Madison ANC State0101020
South Carolina ANorth Carolina A0101020
Emory AGeorgia B10101030
Georgia Tech AGeorgia Tech D001010
North Carolina BSouth Carolina B0101020
Georgia Tech BGeorgia Tech C010010
Georgia ATennessee A10101030
Imperial ABirmingham0101020
BristolEdinburgh010010
OxfordImperial B010010
Cambridge BWarwick010010
Cambridge ADurham10101030
George Washington BGeorgetown0101020
George Washington AJohns Hopkins0101020
Maryland AMaryland B0101020
OSU AKenyon B0101020
Michigan A Kenyon A 001010
Michigan B Ohio State B0101020
Boston CollegeMSU A and Friend001010
FarrellmagnetismArizona State0101020
Ganon Evans Fan ClubZen and the Art of Buzzing1001020
Texas CTAG Magnet: Taylor's Version010010
HCCTAMU0101020
Texas ATexas B0101020