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The ride
On the Southern Railroad Freight Train, nine black youths were arrested for assault and accused of rape.They were taken to Scottsboro, Alabama. -
the ladys
Victoria Price and Ruby Bates the ladies who were acsed riped -
THE JURY REULES
A grand jury indicts all nine "Scottsboro Boys." -
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the sentence
all the young men where sentenced to death. atcept the case against Roy Wright. who left a hung jury when 11 jurors seek a death sentence like the other youg men and one vote for life imprisonment. -
Hold everything
The executions of the defendants are stayed pending appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court. -
found guilty
: Patterson is found guilty and sentenced to 75 years in prison. -
the meet up
: Prosecuting attorney Lieutenant Governor Thomas Knight meets Leibowitz in New York to negotiate a compromise. -
knight dies
Thomas Knight dies. -
supreme court
1938 Alabama Supreme Court affirms the sentences given Norris, Andy Wright and Weems. -
sneaking out
1944 January: Andy Wright and Clarence Norris are released on parole. Wright and Norris leave Alabama, in violation of their parole. -
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back to behind bars
almers persuades them to return to the Southbut both are returned to jail, Norris in October 1944, Wright in October 1946. -
free again
Clarence Norris is paroled again -
the great escape
Patterson escapes from prison. -
arrested agian
Patterson is arrested by the FBI in Detroit. Governor G. Mennen Williams refuses to sign the extradition papers to send him to Alabama -
A Free Man
: Andy Wright is paroled and finds a job in Albany, New York. -
brawl
June: Patterson is arrested by the FBI in Detroit; Michigan Governor G. Mennen Williams refuses to sign the extradition papers to return him to Alabama. Alabama abandons attempts to return him to prison. Patterson is charged with murder after a fight in a restroom -
jail time
1951 Haywood is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 6 to 15 years in jail -
R.I.P TO HAYWOOD
Haywood Patterson dies of cancer. -
goodbye MR.Wright
1959 Roy Wright dies -
pardoned
Clarence Norris is pardoned by Alabama Governor George Wallace. -
victoria and NBC
1977 Victoria Price files a lawsuit against NBC for defamation and invasion of privacy . -
the last one
Clarence Norris, the last meber of the Scottsboro Boys, dies
