Synopsis & Context
Scipio Africanus Jones was a courageous attorney who risked his life and career to defend 87 men wrongfully accused of murder in the wake of the Elaine, AR massacre of 1919, when a group of Black sharecroppers meeting in a church about unionization were attacked by a posse organized by white landowners.
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- Original Title
- The Defender
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- Direction
- George Tillman Jr.
- Original Language
- English
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Production Status
- Rumored
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