to implement a fair trial. this story was brought to the broadway stage, winning 11 tony awards, including best musical. actors brandon g green and alan grant join us to talk about the scottsboro boys. i first became aware of where there was a similar story in my hometown where three black men were hung for allegedly raping a white woman and i was on the committee to study their story. that is when i first heard about the nine guys. and i was studying haywood patterson. 14-18. he was riding the rails through the alabama and the south. he was seeing how his life was impacted. tell me what you do about the scottsboro boys. i knew more about that rubin alabama and i knew more about the bombing and in birmingham. i read about scottsboro very late in life. well later in life i should say. i was in grad school when the show was on broadway. once speakeasy announced it, i have had track meets in won a tony award for best musical and it is curious that this could become a mus