The Scottsboro Boys

Incident happens

Mar 25, 1931

A group of African Americans and a group of whites were hanging out and a fight broke out. Word spread and in the middle of all the chaos 2 white girls, Victoria Price and Ruby Bates claimed to have been raped by the blacks.The crowd then demanded they be lynched. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

NAACP/ILD

Period: Apr 1, 1931 to Dec 1, 1931

NAACP and ILD battle for the right to represent the case

Trials begin

Apr 6, 1931

The judge of the first trial was Judge A. E. Hawkins. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

NAACP

Jan 1, 1932

NAACP withdrawls from the case http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

Ruby Bates

Jan 5, 1932

Ruby denies she was raped in a letter to Earl Streetman. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

Supreme Court

May 20, 1932

Supreme Court announces they will review the case http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

Haywood Patterson

Apr 19, 1933

Haywood was found guilty with his penalty being death in the electric chair http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

Haywood Patterson and Clarence Norris

Period: Nov 1, 1933 to Dec 1, 1933

Patterson and Norris are tried for rape, convicted, and sentanced to death

Alabama Supreme Court

Jun 1, 1934

Al Supreme Court affirms convictions of Haywood and Norris http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

Bribery

Oct 1, 1934

2 lawyers are charged for attempting to bribe Victoria Price to change her testimony. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

Supreme Court overturns

Apr 1, 1935

The Supreme Court overturns convictions of Norris and Patterson because blacks couldn't sit in their trials. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

The Scottsboro Defense Committee is organized

Dec 1, 1935

Here is a document of the Scottsboro Defense Committee. The committee was designed to defend the boys through out their trials. image via: http://1930sjomc240.wordpress.com/ http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

Haywood Patterson

Jan 23, 1936

Patterson is convicted for the 4th time and is sentenced to 75 years in prison http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

Ozzie Powell

Jan 24, 1936

Ozzie Powell is shot in the head by Sheriff Jay Sandlin because he was attacking Deputy Sheriff Edgar Blalock http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

Clarence Norris

Jul 5, 1938

Norris's death sentance was reduced to life in prison. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

Charlie Weems

Sep 1, 1943

Charlie is paroled. He was the first to be paroled. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

Norris and Wright

Jan 1, 1944

Norris and Wright are paroled. They were the next 2 to be put on parol. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

Norris back in jail

Oct 1, 1944

Norris gets put back in jail for leaving his parol.
Here is Norris leaving a jail cell. image via: http://newsone.com/2066964/scottsboro-trial/ http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

Powell is paroled

Jun 1, 1946

Powell was the next Scottsboro boy to be put on parol. This is a picture of a discouraged Ozie Powell. mage via: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/SB_bSBs.html http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

Norris leaves Alabama

Sep 1, 1946

Norris is paroled then leaves Alabama http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

Andy Wright

Oct 1, 1946

Andy Wright goes back to prison. Here is a picture of him. image via: http://www.preceden.com/timelines/45585-scottsboro-trials http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

Patterson escapes prison

Jul 1, 1948

Haywood Patterson escaped prison. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

Wright and Patterson

Jun 1, 1950

Wright is paroled. The FBI arrests Patterson again after he escaped. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

Haywood charged with murder

Dec 1, 1950

This is a picture of a very upset/mad Haywood Patterson. image via: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/SB_bPATT.html http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

Patterson charged with man slaughter

Sep 1, 1951

Haywood Patterson is charged with man slaughter and sentanced with 6-15 years in prison but dies of cancer. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm