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# Scottsboro Boy by Haywood Patterson & Earl Conrad - 1950/1951 First Edition
**Publisher:** Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY (1950/1951)
**Binding:** Hardcover with Original Illustrated Dust Jacket
**Genre:** African American History / Civil Rights / Memoir / True Crime
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### [ HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE ]
Up for sale is an incredibly important, true first edition printing of *Scottsboro Boy*. This landmark book stands as a vital piece of 20th-century American Civil Rights history, offering the raw, harrowing, first-person account of Haywood Patterson—one of the nine African American teenagers wrongfully accused in the infamous 1931 Scottsboro case.
Co-written with journalist Earl Conrad after Patterson's daring escape from an Alabama prison farm, this book serves as both an explosive exposé of the mid-century Southern penal system and a foundational text in the fight for racial justice. True first editions featuring their original dust jackets are highly sought after by collectors of Black Americana and historical memoirs.
#### **Dust Jacket:**
* **Status:** NOT price-clipped! The original **$3.00** retail price is fully intact on the inner front jacket flap, a major plus for antiquarian collectors.
* **Condition:** Features the original, iconic dramatic cover art. Shows expected mid-century shelf wear, including typical edge rubbing, some minor chipping/small tears along the spine ends and corners, and natural age toning to the white portions of the rear panel.
#### **Binding & Pages:**
* **Condition:** Bound in the publisher's original cloth hardcovers. The binding and hinges remain sturdy, tight, and square.
* **Interiors:** The text block is solid, and pages are remarkably clean, crisp, and bright. Free of modern highlighters, library stamps, tape patches, or personal margin handwriting.
This is a beautiful, deeply moving piece of history that remains just as powerful today as it was when it was printed. Please inspect all high-resolution photos closely to evaluate its exact cosmetic condition before
