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Poem (1944) by Robert Hughes Bennett in Celebration of Simuel Decatur McGill's Victory in the 1942 "Little Scottsbury [Scottsboro] Case"

This poem celebrates the 1942 victory of Jacksonville-based African American lawyer Simuel Decatur McGill (1877-1951) in his successful defense of four African American men accused of murdering a white man in 1933. The case, Chambers et. al. v.…

Tags: 1940-1949; Bennett, Robert Hughes; Jacksonville, FL; Law Offices of McGill and McGill; Little Scotsbury [Scotsboro] Case; McGill, Simuel Decatur; Miami, FL; Palm Beach, FL; Poem; West Duval Street

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