Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center
The Scottsboro Boys Museum is located at 428 West Willow Street in Scottsboro, Alabama, in the United States. Its focus is on the Scottsboro Boys case, which involved nine young African American men falsely accused in 1931 of raping two white women while hoboing aboard a freight train.- Opening hours:
Wednesday—Friday: 10:00 AM—3:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM—4:00 PM - Email: info@thescottsboroboysmuseum.com
- Type: Museum
- Also known as: “Scottsboro Boys Museum & Cultural Center” and “The Scottsboro Boy’s Museum & Cultural Center”
- Address: 428 West Willow Street, Scottsboro, AL 35768
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Scottsboro Municipal Airport-Word Field.
Scottsboro Municipal Airport-Word Field
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Scottsboro Municipal Airport, also known as Word Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Scottsboro, a city in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. Scottsboro Municipal Airport-Word Field is situated 2½ miles northeast of Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scottsboro and Hollywood.
Scottsboro
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Scottsboro is in the Mountains region of Alabama and is the seat of Jackson County, having enlivened a railroad mode of commerce there. It is a memorial to a seemingly rare instance where civil rights prevailed in the otherwise rather torn history of equality in this country, in a case known as the Scottsboro Boys.
Hollywood
Village
Hollywood is a town in Jackson County, northeast Alabama, United States. In 2020, the census showed a population of 914 residents. Hollywood is considered a suburb of Scottsboro, the county seat. Hollywood is situated 5 miles northeast of Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center.
Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Jackson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.67395° or 34° 40′ 26″ northLongitude
-86.04134° or 86° 2′ 29″ westLevels
1Open location code
866MMXF5+HFOpenStreetMap ID
way 952146190OpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q65060253
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