Is it true that in 1933 in Alabama, an Afrian American citizen would be tried by an all white jury made of men?

its composed entirely of men, and that prominent citizens could excuse themselves or be struck?Is it true that in 1933 in Alabama, an Afrian American citizen would be tried by an all white jury made of men?
yep and don't forget they were still lynching blacks then too.


you wonder how this could happen? remember juries are selected from the roles of registered voters. not many black registered voters in Alabama in 1933Is it true that in 1933 in Alabama, an Afrian American citizen would be tried by an all white jury made of men?
yes, women were considered second class citizens with not enough


brains to serve on jury duty.


They also could not vote back then, I'm not sure exactly when they were given voting rights but for years they had none.


Women couldn't smoke in public either, it was considered shameful.
At that time, Alabama law prohibited African-Americans from serving on juries. This became an issue in a famous case, Norris v. Alabama, brought before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1935, which brought that practice to an end.
Sure. Of course in those days the ';good'; citizens of Alabama would not likely have bothered with a trial.
I don't know about their ability to excuse themselves, but yes - it would have been a jury made up of white men.