Episode 74 – Tom Reidy on AHA 2024 Museum Award for The Scottsboro Boys Museum
Air Date: May 20, 2024
Dr. Tom Reidy, executive director of The Scottsboro Boys Museum which received the Alabama Historical Association’s Museum Award for 2024, discusses the history of the infamous Scottsboro Boys case and the history and programs of the museum itself.
Links to things mentioned or implied in the episode:
Alabama Historical Association https://www.alabamahistory.net/
Alabama Historical Association Historical Museum Award https://www.alabamahistory.net/historical-museum-award
The Scottsboro Boys Museum (1) https://www.thescottsboroboysmuseum.com/ ; (2) https://www.alabamaheritage.com/alabama-heritage-blog/the-historical-legacy-of-the-scottsboro-boys-museum ; (3) https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/scottsboro-boys-museum-and-cultural-center/
Sheila Washington https://www.npr.org/2021/02/04/964172261/remembering-sheila-washington-who-told-the-story-of-the-scottsboro-boys
The Scottsboro Boys (case) https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/scottsboro-trials/
Alabama Chapter of the Communist Party USA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Chapter_of_the_Communist_Party_USA
Southern Worker newspaper https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/southernworker/
Jackson County Sentinel newspaper https://www.newspapers.com/paper/jackson-county-sentinel/29019/
The Huntsville Times newspaper https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/the-huntsville-times/
International Labor Defense https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Labor_Defense
Judge James Horton https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/james-horton-jr/
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (1976 docudrama) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074723/
Heavens Fall (2006 drama) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425094/
Samuel Leibowitz https://www.famous-trials.com/scottsboroboys/1559-leibowitz
Harlem Renaissance https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/new-african-american-identity-harlem-renaissance
Langston Hughes https://poets.org/poet/langston-hughes
Lead Belly https://www.songhall.org/profile/Huddie_Ledbetter
To Kill a Mockingbird https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/to-kill-a-mockingbird/
Nelle Harper Lee https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/harper-lee/
NAACP https://naacp.org/
Rosa Parks (and Scottsboro Boys) https://rosaparksbiography.org/bio/scottsboro-boys/
The Scottsboro Boys Act of 2023 https://www.al.com/breaking/2013/04/post_1132.html
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*Just a heads up – the provided transcript is likely to be less than 100% accurate.
The Alabama History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff and its associate producer is Laura Murray.
Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other programs. See the website www.alabamahistory.net.