Clarence Norris and Sybil Washington

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

Casper Citron talks with Clarence Norris, the last surviving defendant in the notorious 1930s Scottsboro cases. He is joined by Sybil Washington who co-wrote The Last of the Scottsboro Boys with him.


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