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Posse stops Southern Railroad train in Paint Rock, Scottsboro boys are arrested for assault. Rape charges are added on after accusations are made by Victoria Price and Ruby Bates.
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Grand jury charges all nine of the Scottsboro boys for rape.
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On the date of their executions, the Scottsboro boys listen to the execution of Willie Stokes, After hearing horrible reports of the execution, many of the boys had nightmares and sleepless nights.
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Ruby Bates sends a letter to Earl Streetman, containing a confession and she denies that she was raped.
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Haywood Patterson and Clarence Norris are in court for their rape trials and convicted/sentenced to death.
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The United States Supreme Court overthrow the convictions of Norris and Patterson because black people were excluded from the juries in their trials.
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Haywood is convicted for fourth time and sen to jail for 75 years.
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Roy Wright, Eugene Williams, Olen Montgomery and Willie Roberson set free after all charges were dropped.
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Patterson escapes from priason in 1948, and in 1951 is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 6 to 15 years. He dies of cancer.
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At age 76, Clarence Norris the last surviving Scottsboro boy, dies.
