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Arrested and Charged
Scottsboro boys are arrested on charges of assault and rape
http://www.scottsboromusicallondon.com/history/ -
Trial Begins
Judge A.E. Hawkins begins trial in Scottsboro
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.html -
Execution
Execution of Willie Stokes (first of thre group of blacks) to be executed, results in nightmares for the rest of the Sottsboro boys. -
Letter of Honesty
Ruby Bates denies that she was raped in a letter
http://www.zodiackillersite.com/viewtopic.php?t=969&p=8676 -
Supreme Court announcements
The Supreme Court announces that the Scottsboro case willl be reviewed and trialed once again.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/verdict-is-announced-in-scottsboro-case -
Samuel S Leibowitz
Leibowiz is sent to defend the Scottsboro boys
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/peopleevents/p_leibowitz.html -
Washington March
Thousands march in Washington protesting the Alabama trials
http://scottsboromusical.com/history.html -
Sentences
Haywood Patterson and Clarence Norris are tried for rape, convicted, and sentenced to death -
SDC
Scottsboro Defense Committee is organized and ready for trial -
Declining
U.S. Supreme Court declines to review the Patterson and Norris convictions.
http://www.blackpast.org/aah/scottsboro-boys-trial-and-defense-campaign-1931-1937 -
Clarence Norris
Clarence Norris, the last surviving Scottsboro boy, dies at age 76
http://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/26/obituaries/clarence-norris-the-last-survivor-of-scottsboro-boys-dies-at-76.html -
Escapes
Haywood Patterson escapes from prison.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/peopleevents/p_patterson.html -
Fight
Patterson is involved in a barroom fight that results to the death of another man and charged with murder
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.html -
Haywood at it again
Convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 6 to 15 years.
https://www.milestonedocuments.com/documents/view/scottsboro-boy/impact -
Official Document
Robert Bentley(Alabama Governor) signs legislations officially pardoning all nine Scotsboro Boys
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304337404579211901235647292
