The Scottsboro Boys

Arrest

Mar 25, 1931

9 black teenagers were traveling to Memphis on a train and were arrested due to accusations of raping 2 white girls http://live.drjays.com/index.php/2013/11/22/alabama-posthumously-pardons-last-of-the-scottsboro-boys/

Lynch mob

Mar 26, 1931

A lynch mob gathers outside the Scottsboro Jail as the news spreads throughout the country.

Indictation

Mar 30, 1931

http://www.ventura.org/grand-jury All 9 black teenagers were accused of rape by a grand jury

NAACP & ILD

Period: Apr 1, 1931 to Dec 1, 1931

NAACP and ILD fight for he right to represent and support the Scottsboros boys and their families

Trials begin

Apr 6, 1931

Trials begin in Scottsboro before Judge A. E. Hawkins. http://chicagoeviction.com/2013/03/new-procedure-for-cook-county-eviction-jury-trials/

Conviction

Period: Apr 7, 1931 to Apr 9, 1931

8/9 of the teens (Clarence Norris, Charlie Weems, Haywood Patterson, Olen Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Eugene Williams, and Andy Wright) are tried, convicted, and sentenced to death.

Riot

Apr 10, 1931

The 8 teens that were sentenced for death rioted in the Etwah County Jail in Alabama

New established committee

Dec 1, 1931

The Scottsboro Defense Committee is organized

Withdraw

Jan 1, 1932

NAACP withdraws from Scottsboro case

Convictions affirmed

Mar 24, 1932

http://w2.georgiacourts.org/cjcj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=92 The Alabama Supreme Court affirms the convictions of seven of the boys.

Case Review

May 27, 1932

U.S Supreme Court reviews Scottsboro Case

Denial

Nov 7, 1932

The Supreme Court ruled that the defendants were denied the right to counsel.

New Judge/Jury

Nov 20, 1932

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/SB_HAYW.jpg The seven oldest boys are tried in front of a new judge and jury and Haywood Patterson and Clarence Norris are sentenced for death.

Judges transferred

Oct 20, 1933

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/callahan1932.JPG The Scottsboro cases are removed from Judge Horton's jurisdiction and transferred to Judge William Callahan's court.

Defendants cases

Oct 20, 1933

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/SB_WILLI.jpg The cases of the youngest defendants, Roy Wright and Eugene Williams, are moved to Juvenile Court. The other seven defendants appear in Callahan's courtroom.

New attorney

Jun 28, 1934

The boys new attorney files for new trials but the Alabama Supreme Court denied the request.