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Farming For A Better Future, page 115
115 - DEKALB, JACKSON & MARSHALL
(Top) The Present-Day Scottsboro Boys Museum & Cultural Center (Google Street View, 2014) (Above) The Colored Methodist Episcopal Church of Scottsboro, Circa 1948, when the West Wing was Added (Scottsboro Boys Museum & Cultural Center Website)
Located just south of the neighborhood and railroad tracks on West Willow Street near North Cedar Hill Drive, is the Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center. Formerly the Joyce Chapel United Methodist Church, the building now houses exhibits and collections on the historic events surrounding the Scottsboro Boys and the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-20th century. According to the website for the museum, the church was originally built in 1878 by former slaves and originally held the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church of Scottsboro. This church was built in 1904, making it the oldest African American church still standing in Jackson County. The African American community lived in shotgun houses to the north of the church and the congregation continued to use the church until 2009 when their numbers dwindled and they found a new owner in the Scottsboro Multicultural Foundation.
(Above) 1947 USGS/TVA Topographic Map of Scottsboro and State Prison Camp C, Scottsboro, Alabama Quadrangle (Below) Excerpt from Alabama State Convict Records of J. C. Ward of Morgan County Discharged from Camp C in 1937 (Alabama Department of Archives and History via Ancestry.com) - (4643)