HR 295 Summary

• Recognizes the Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center, Concerned Citizens, and the University of Alabama for their work seeking posthumous redress for the Scottsboro Boys.

• Acknowledges that eight of the nine Scottsboro Boys died while falsely convicted of assault and rape.

• Commends the Museum's efforts to obtain pardons or exonerations for all Scottsboro defendants and their collaboration with professional, academic, and philanthropic organizations.

• Recognizes University of Alabama faculty and students for conducting historical and legal research on the Scottsboro cases and outlining mechanisms for pardoning and exonerating all nine defendants.

• Requests that state officials provide copies of the resolution to the Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center and the University of Alabama.