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The 9 boys were accused of rape
9 boys( Clarence Norris, Charlie Weems, Haywood Patterson, Olen Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Eugene Williams, and Andy Wright) were accused by Ruby Bates and Victoria Price of rape. Took place in Alabama. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=1126 http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm -
Scottsboro boys were almost lynched
After the 9 Scottsboro Boys were taken to jail, that same night the boys were in jail, a huge group of about a hundred white men surrounded the jail. They were there to lynch the boys, but before they could, they were thwarted by the National Guard. http://www.workers.org/articles/2012/12/14/scottsboro-boys-a-1931-case-of-legal-lynching-revisited/ http://washingtonspark.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/scottsboro-boys-a-new-type-of-march-on-washington-1933/ -
Scottsbro Boys are indicted of rape by the grand jury
The Scottsboro Boys are indicted of rape by an all white jury. The 9 boys were not given the oppurtunity to contact anyone(family/friends) and they could not consult with an attourney. http://scottsboromusical.com/history.html http://lasentinel.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2326:the-scottsboro-boys&catid=79&Itemid=169 -
Trials officially begin
The Scottsboro Boys start trial in Scottsboro. The judge for the initail trials in Scottsboro is A. E. Hawkins. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_hrrep.html http://www.hawkinsandburt.com/About-Us.html -
Ruby Bates admits she lied about being raped
Ruby Bates writes a letter to Earl Streetman admitting she lied about the Scottsboro Boys raping her. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/bates-streetman.html http://www.bigstory.ap.org/photo/ruby-bates -
Alabama supreme court affirms convivtion of 7 out of 9 boys
The Alabama supreme court vote count was 6-1. Eugene Williams is granted a new trial because he was a juvenile during that time of the conviction. tp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/timeline/index.html http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-24551844 -
Case turned over to supreme court
Supreme court over-rode Alabama decisions to execute the Scottsboro Boys thanks to the International Labor Defense. http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1456 http://bigstory.ap.org/article/more-work-ahead-ala-scottsboro-boys-pardons -
Haywood Patterson second trial
Becoming the "point man" in the trials, his second trial was before judge James Horton. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/peopleevents/p_patterson.html http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/boyle/patterson.htm -
Victoria Price is called to the stand and claimed that the boys raped her
She once again lied about the Scottsboro Boys raping her. The examinations showed no sign of the boys actually doing it. Her facts were proven false. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_acct.html http://www.angelfire.com/scary/maneyes/pictures/index.album/victoria-price-and-jack-tiller?i=21 -
Scottsboro defense commity is organized
The commity was organized for the main purpose of defending the Scottsboro Boys defendants. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/peopleevents/p_sdc.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Labor_Defense -
Ozzie Powell shot in head
Due to Ozzie Powells attempt to murder a deputy sheriff, sheriff J. Street Sandlin pulls out a gun and shoots Powell in the back of the head. Powell claims he did it because he overheard someone saying the sheriff was going to kill him. http://books.google.com/books?id=4qv2ncR70IgC&pg=PA300&lpg=PA300&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/SB_POWEL.jpg -
Clarence Norris was convicted
larence Norris was convicted of rape and sentenced to death, but later on, govoner Bibb Graves changed his death penalty to life in prison. http://www.greatblacksinwax.org/Exhibits/ScottsboroBoys.htm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/peopleevents/p_norris.html -
The U.S. Supreme Court declines to review the Patterson and Norris conviction
Supreme court declines to hear convictions. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/timeline/timeline2.html http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/11/posthumous-pardon-1931-alabama-rape-case-2013112245343574315.html -
Norris goes back to prison
Norris goes back to prison in violation of his parole. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.html http://bigstory.ap.org/article/more-work-ahead-ala-scottsboro-boys-pardons -
Patterson is convicted of manslaughter
Patterson convicted of manslaughter and is sentenced 6-15 years, Sadly, he dies of cancer less than a year later in 1952. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/SB_bPATT.html
