Mitchell: Scottsboro Boys of 1931 still haunts us today

Follow @MaryMitchellCST Chicago Sun-Times theater critic Hedy Weiss gave “Direct from Death Row The Scottsboro Boys (An Evening of Vaudeville and Sorrow)” her coveted “highly recommended” rating. Still, I hadn’t anticipated that I would have such an emotional response when I saw the play Sunday afternoon. The “Scottsboro Boys” were nine African-American teenagers who were […]