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Accused
Scottsboro boys riding railroad car, two white girls accuse the 9 black men of rape -
Grand Jury
The grand jury indicts all nine boys -
Clarence and Charlie
Clarence Norris and Charlie Weems are tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. -
Olen, Ozie, Willie, Eugene, and Andy
Olen Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Eugene Williams, and Andy Wright are tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. -
Roy
The case against Roy Wright, aged 13, ends in a hung jury when 11 jurors seek a death sentence, and one votes for life imprisonment. -
NAACP
The NAACP withdraws from the case. -
Denies rape
letter from Ruby Bates to a boyfriend surfaces; in it, she denies having been raped. -
U.S Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court rules that the defendants were denied the right to counsel, which violated their right to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment. The cases are remanded to the lower court. -
Leaving Alabama
Either through paroles or escapes all of the Scottsboro Boys eventually found their way out of Alabama.