Widow of the Last ‘Scottsboro Boy’ Dies
The NAACP announced funeral services for Melba Norris, the widow of Clarence Norris – the last survivor of the “Scottsboro Boys.”
Mrs. Norris died April 24 at the age of 82.
“On behalf of everyone at the NAACP, we extend our deepest condolences to the Norris family and offer our prayers, thoughts and sympathy during this time of loss,” NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous said in a statement on Thursday. “Her love for her family, her contribution to her husband’s legacy, and her passion for social justice will not be forgotten.”
Melba Norris was the wife of Clarence Norris, one of the nine young black defendants unlawfully accused of raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama in 1931.
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