Scottsboro Defendants and Samuel Liebowitz

The defendants in the Scottboro trial and their lawyer, Samuel Leibowitz, at a Decatur jail. Standing, left to right: Olen Montgomery, Clarence Norris, Willie Roberson (front), Andrew Wright (partially obscured), Ozie Powell, Eugene Williams, Charley Weems, and Roy Wright. Haywood Patterson is seated next to Leibowitz.

Historic photograph of the Scottsboro defendants standing behind defense attorney Samuel Liebowitz, who is seated and writing notes, flanked by two uniformed guards.
Photograph by the Brown Brothers
Historic photograph of the Scottsboro defendants standing behind defense attorney Samuel Liebowitz, who is seated and writing notes, flanked by two uniformed guards.