SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — A piece of railroad history connected to one of the most significant legal cases in American history will soon become part of the Scottsboro Boys Museum thanks to the City of Huntsville.
City officials recently approved the donation of a historic North American Railway Association boxcar to the museum.
The railcar was transferred to the museum to support educational efforts centered on the Scottsboro Boys case and its lasting impact on civil rights and the U.S. justice system.
The boxcar closely matches the type of rail equipment involved in the 1931 incident that led to the arrest of nine African American teenagers while traveling by freight train from Chattanooga, Tennessee, toward Huntsville…