Summer is in full swing for the kids of Jackson County and the Scottsboro City Rec Com offers a variety of activities for all ages. A favorite during summertime is the
The Scottsboro City Council, Mayor Jim McCamy and Main Street Scottsboro have collectively determined to observe Halloween activities in the city of Scottsboro on Saturday, Oct. 30.
Shelia Washington Dies at 61; Helped Exonerate Scottsboro Boys
She fought for decades to get their names cleared from an egregious injustice in the Jim Crow South, and created a museum in their honor.
Shelia Washington in an undated photo at the spot where the Scottsboro Boys were arrested. She recognized that their story was an important milestone in the annals of civil rights, and was determined that it be remembered. “The story dies if we don’t tell it,” she said.Credit.William H. Hampton
Published Feb. 26, 2021Updated Feb. 27, 2021
Shelia Washington was cleaning her parents’ room at their home in Scottsboro, Ala., in the 1970s when she discovered a paperback book hidden in a pillowcase underneath the bed.