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The Beginning
Scottsboro boys are arrested on charges of assault on Southern Railroad train in Paint Rock, Alabama. Rape charges are added against all nine boys after accusations are made by Victoria Price and Ruby Bates -
Jail Time
Grand jury indicts the nine Scottsboro boys for rape. -
Trail Begins
Trials begin in Scottboro before Judge A. E. Hawkins -
Something Fishy is Going on
Ruby Bates, in a letter to a Earl Streetman, denies that she was raped -
Reversal of One
Alabama Supreme Court, by a vote of 6-1, affirms the convictions of seven of the boys. The conviction of Eugene Williams is reversed on the grounds that he was a juvenile under state law in 1931 -
Another Chance for Justice
The U. S. Supreme Court announces that it will review the Scottsboro cases. -
Samuel Leibowitz takes the case
NAACP and International Labor Defense (ILD) battle for the right to represent the Scottsboro boys -
The natives are restless
Judge Horton postpones the trials of the other Scottsboro boys because of dangerously high local tensions. -
Public Unrest
In one of many protests around the nation, thousands march in Washington protesting the Alabama trials. -
New Head Man
The Scottsboro cases are removed from Judge Horton's jurisdiction and transferred to Judge William Callahan's court. -
The Scottsboro Defense Committee is organized
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Governor Graves interviews Scottsboro boys
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Justice
Charlie Weems is paroled. January, 1944. Norris and Andy Wright are paroled. -
Clarence Norris is pardoned by Alabama Governor George Wallace.
