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Scottsboro Boys Case
NIne black men got in a fight with white men near Point Rock, Alabama and got arrested for asault. during the fight Victoria Price and Ruby Bates accused the Scottsboro boys of rape. -
Grand Jury
Grand Jury indicts Scottsboro boys -
April Through December
National Orginazations take up The Scottsboro Boys trial.The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the International Labor Defense (I.L.D.) defend the "Scottsboro Boys" and raise money for their defense. -
Clarence Norris and Charlie Weems
"Clarence Norris and Charlie Weems are tried, convicted, and sentenced to death." (Before Judge A. E. Hawkins) -
Haywood Patterson.
Haywood Patterson is tried, convicted and recieves the death sentence. -
Olen Montgomery, Ozzie Powell, Willie Roberson, Eugene Williams, Andy Wright and Roy Wright
"Olen Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Eugene Williams, and Andy Wright are tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. 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
NAACP stops defending the Scottsboro Boys in their case. -
Ruby Bates
A letter Ruby bates wrote--to a boyfriend--is found and surfaced that admits that she never was raped. -
Eugene Willams' New Trial
The Alabama Supreme court gives Eugene Willams a new trial because he was a "juvenile" at the time he was convicted. -
14th Admendent
In Ozie Powell's supreme court trial v. Alabama, he was convicted but it was overturned because there werent any black jurors not giving him equal protection under the law- Fourteenth Admendent.rules -
Evidence
They discover evidence from Victoria Price and Ruby Bates that defends the Scottsboro boys and also starts proving that the Boys did not do what they were accused of. EDIT!!!! -
Court
The youngest of the boys--Eugene Williams, and Roy Wright-- Get changed over to Juvenile Court. -
$1,500
Nashville P.D arrest 2 lawyers who tried to bribe victoria bates with 1,500 dollars to change her position in her testimony. They were never convicted. -
Haywood Patterson
Haywood Patterson gets found guilty and gets sentenced to 75 years in prison. -
Andy Wright
Andy Wright gets convicted and sentenced to 99 years in prison. -
Charley Weems
Charlie Weems trial ended in conviction and he gets sentenced to 75 years in prison. -
Charges Dropped
Ozie Powell's rape charges get dropped but is sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to assaulting Bialock. Olen Montgomery, willie Roberson, Eugene Williams, and Roy Wright's rape charges are dropped. -
June-July
Alabam's Supreme confirms the sentences given to Norris, Andy Wright and Weems in June. But July Governer Graves changes Norris' death sentence to life imprisonment. -
Weems
Weems gets released on parole. -
Norris and Wright
A. Wright and Norris both get released on parole. -
Violation
Wright and Norris violate their parole by leaving Alabama and return to jail. Norris in October 1944. Wright in October 1946. -
Ozie
Powell is realeased on parole. -
Norris
Norris gets released on parole again. -
Patterson
Haywood Patterson escapes from prison. -
1950
Haywood Patterson gets arrested by the FBI in Detriot. The Governor refuses to release him back to Alabama. So Alabama gives up on trying to return him bakc to them. In December Patterson gets charged with murder after a barroom brawl. -
Patterson
In September of 1951 Patterson is convicted with manslaughter and gets sentenced to 6-15 years in prison In August Patterson dies because of cancer. -
Roy
Roy Wright passes away. -
Norris
The last of the Scottsboro boys, Clarence Norris, passes away.
