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The fight on the Train
A group of African American boys get in a fight on a train with white boys. At the end when the police come two white girls say that they were raped. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.html -
Almost Lynched
Scottsboro boys are nearly lynched by crowd of over 100 gathered around Scottsboro's jail. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/timeline/ -
Indiction
the nine boys are indicted by a grand jury. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/verdict-is-announced-in-scottsboro-case -
Trial
Clarence Norris, Charlie Weems, Haywood Patterson, Olen Montgomery, Ozie, Willie, Eugene, and Andy are tried and convicted, and sentenced to death. The trial of Roy ends in a mistrial when some jurors hold out for a death sentence even though the prosecution asked for life imprisonment. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/timeline/ -
NAACP withdraws
NAACP withdraws from case.National Association for the Advancement of Colored People http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=1126 -
Supreme Court
Supreme Court announces that it will review the Scottsboro cases. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.html -
New Trial
Judge Horton sets aside Haywood Patterson's conviction and grants a new trial. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.html -
Bribe
Two lawyers are charged with attempting to bribe Victoria Price in order to change her testimony. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/timeline/ -
Upheld
Conviction of Haywood Patterson is upheld by the Alabama Supreme Court. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.html -
Paroled
Norris and Andy Wright are paroled. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.html -
Escapes Prison
Haywood Patterson escapes from prison. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/29/arts/scottsboro-70-years-later-still-notorious-still-painful.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm -
Murder
Patterson is involved in a barroom fight resulting in the death of another man. Haywood is charged with murder. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=1126 -
Pardoned
Clarence Norris is pardoned by Alabama Governor George Wallace. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/timeline/ -
Last Scottsboro Boy
Clarence Norris, the last surviving Scottsboro boy, dies at age 76. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.html -
Exoneration all nine Scottsboro Boys.
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signs legislation officially pardoning and exonerating all nine Scottsboro Boys. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/29/arts/scottsboro-70-years-later-still-notorious-still-painful.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
