https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wrongful_convictions_in_the_United_States
"Following an altercation with a group of white teens, nine black teenagers were accused of rape by two women, Ruby Bates and Victoria Price. The Scottsboro case is considered a landmark case, prohibiting racial discrimination in the jury selection process, as no blacks were allowed to be considered to serve on the jury before which the teenagers would be tried."

The only one of the Scottsboro Boys not sentenced to death was the youngest, 12 years old.

https://20thcenturyhistorysongbook.com/song-book/race-relations/the-scottsboro-boys/

"Clarence Darrow became involved in the appeal of the convictions. The successful appeal led to several more trials, with the same results, despite the fact that the two women who brought the charges retracted the allegations. There were more appeals and eventually all nine boys were paroled, freed or pardoned. (Carter, D.T., Scottsboro: A Tragedy of the American South; Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center website,http://www.scottsboro-boys.org/history.html.)

"Lead Belly wrote a song about the incident in 1938, “The Scottsboro Boys.” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrXfkPViFIE) [substituted link as the one given at the History Songbook is no longer available]

lyrics given at the 20th Century History Songbook look similar to those given by Chris Chandler above. There are just a few differences.

"(The song ends with Lead Belly’s spoken recitation about the Scottsboro Boys incident.)

"In 2010, there was a Broadway musical based on the Scottsboro Boys incident called “The Scottsboro Boys: The Musical,” music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb, direction and choreography by Susan Stroman. A video of cast interviews and songs, “The Scottsboro Boys on Broadway Closing Night!” is on YouTube at http://youtu.be/0tYtSZlWyvY."