Powell v. Alabama

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Douglass, Frederick. “The Dredd Scott Decision.” 1857. The earliest mention of a notion of the "colorblind" constitution, even if that specific phrase was not used.

“Gideon’s Trumpet (Film).” Wikipedia, September 24, 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon%27s_Trumpet_(film). A film which thrust Gideon v. Wainwright into the popular consciousness, as it depicted the events leading up towards and including the trial.

“Governor Bentley’s Statement on the Pardoning of the Scottsboro Boys.” Office of the Governor of Alabama, November 21, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20170117175539/http://governor.alabama.gov/newsroom/2013/11/governor-bentleys-statement-pardoning-scottsboro-boys/. The title of the article fully explains its contents. Also works to showcase modern, if only instutionalized, opinions on the cases surrounding the Scottsboro Boys.

Klarman, Michael J. “The Racial Origins of Modern Criminal Procedure.” Michigan Law Review 99, no. 1 (October 2000): 48. https://doi.org/10.2307/1290325. Review of landmark civil rights cases in the criminal procedural jurisdiction from which much of this site borrows. Stringly recommend for more in-depth understanding of not only the Scottsboro Boys cases, but cases similar.

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School Dist. No. 1, 551 U.S. 701 (United States Supreme Court 2007). Provides the anticlassificationist perspective in the majority opinion.

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (United States Supreme Court 1896). Contains the most notable use of the "colorblind" constitution.

Powell v. Alabama, 287 U.S. 45  (United States Supreme Court 1932). Supreme Court case upon which this site is based and centered on.

“Powell v. Alabama.” Oyez. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/287us45. Provides explanatory notes and comments regarding the central case of this site.

“Powell v. Alabama.” Wikipedia, November 24, 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powell_v._Alabama. Provides further explanatory notes, comments, and context regarding the central case of this site.

Powell v. State, 224 Ala. 540 (Alabama Supreme Court 1932). Provides the previous decision that the Supreme Court case would overturn. Particulary noteworthy for Chief Justice Anderson's dissent.

Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, 572 U.S. 291 (United States Supreme Court 2014). Provides the antisubordionationist view in Justice Sotomayor's dissent.

“Scottsboro Boys.” Wikipedia, December 16, 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottsboro_Boys. Provides a plethora of information regarding the Scottsboro Boys, their trials, and what happened to them long-term.

Seay v. State, 207 Ala. 453 (Alabama Supreme Court 1922). Chief Justice Anderson of the Alabama Supreme Court, in his dissent, quotes a quotation from Seay v. State that is of note.