Samuel Leibowitz
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Samuel Simon Leibowitz was a Romanian-born American criminal defense attorney. He was best known for representing the Scottsboro Boys, and later became a justice of the New York State Supreme Court.
Leibowitz photographed with the Scottsboro Boys in 1933
Scottsboro Boys
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The Scottsboro Boys were nine African American male teenagers accused of raping a young white woman and a 17-year-old white girl in 1931. The landmark set of legal cases from this incident dealt with
Samuel Leibowitz
…Simon Leibowitz (August 14, 1893 – January 11, 1978) was a Romanian-born American criminal defense attorney. He was best known for representing the Scottsboro Boys, and later became a justice of the New York State Supreme Court. Samuel Simon Leibowitz was born in Iași, Kingdom of Romania, on August 14, 1893. He…
The Scottsboro Boys in 1931. From left to right: Clarence Norris, Olen Montgomery, Andy Wright, Willie Roberson, Ozie Powell, Eugene Williams, Charlie Weems, Roy Wright, and Haywood Patterson.
Victoria Price (left) and Ruby Bates (right) in 1931
The crowd at Scottsboro in April 1931
Norris in 1931