3. California v. Orenthal James Simpson – 1995 (6/10 points).
Movie: American Crime Story, The People vs. OJ Simpson, 2016 (in the makings).
This criminal trial accused a popular football player and actor of murdering his ex-wife along with another woman. He was finally convicted after nearly nine months in court, and his case is said to be one of the most dramatized and publicized in history. It showed the strong racial prejudices still alive between blacks and whites at the time, and was called the “Trial of the Century” because of the nationwide attention it received. But in the coming twenty first century, the tides would turn and America would experience more racial acceptance than ever before.
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