Part a: which statement best identifies the central idea of the text?
a. the scottsboro boys' trials showed the enormous degree of racial inequality that
existed in the united states' criminal justice system.
b. the scottsboro boys' trials were an unfortunate mistake made in u. s. history
that have since been apologized for.
the scottsboro boys' trials proved that a new system of screening witnesses was
necessary.
the scottsboro boys' trials showed how disorganized the criminal justice system
was at the time and how far it has come since then.