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Train Ride
On this day, in Scottsboro nine African-American men where accused of raping two white women, Victoria Price and Ruby Bates, on a train. -
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Scootsboro Boys Sentenced to Death
In the span of three days, eight of the men where said to be guilt in the trail. -
The Letter
Ruby Bates wrote a letter to her boyfriend and said that she did not get raped by the Scottsboro boys. -
Trail Begins
Haywood Patterson's second trial begins in Decatur before judge James Horton. -
Haywood's Trail
Haywood has his second trail today -
Haywood to Electirc Chair
Haywood Patterson is sentenced to be killed by electric chair. -
Judge
The cases are removed from Judge Horton's court into Judge William Callahan's court -
Conviction
Conviction of Haywood Patterson is upheld by the Alabama Supreme Court. -
Convicted of Rape
Clarence Norris is convicted of rape and sentenced to death. Andy Wright is convicted and sentenced to 99 years for rape. Charlie Weems is convicted and sentenced to 75 years. Ozzie Powell pleads guilty to assaulting the sheriff and is sentenced to 20 years. -
Death Sentence
Alabama Supreme Court upholds the death sentence for Clarence Norris. -
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Paroled
Charlie Weems, Andy Wright, Norris, and Ozzie Powell were all paroled. Some were paroled several different times between september 1943 and June 1950. -
Wright
Andy Wright is returned to prison. -
Haywood Patterson
Haywood Patterson esaped prison. -
Patterson
Patterson is involved in a barroom fight resulting in the death of another man. Haywood is charged with murder -
Manslaughter
Patterson is charged of manslaughter and is sentenced to 6 to 15 years in jail. He dies of cancer less than a year later. -
NBC
Victoria Price suied NBC for its movie "Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys,". She claimed it defamed her and invaded her privacy, It was dismissed. Price dies five years later. -
Clarence Norris
Clarence Norris dies at the age of 76. he was the last living Scottsboro boy.
