SCOTTSBORO BOYS | HAYWOOD PATTERSON (1950) Press photo

Np: Acme Photos, 1950. Vintage original 7 x 9″ (18 x 23 cm) black-and-white photo. Mimeographed text, date stamp and photo agency sticker on verso, near fine.

From caption: “By making sure to stay clear of Alabama, Haywood Patterson (center), last of the Scottsboro Boys to get clear of the law, can count on a life of freedom. Here Patterson talks with his lawyer, Ernest Goodman, and his sister, after a federal fugitive charge against him was dismissed in Detroit.”