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The Scottsboro Boys

By Khalilah

  • Nine boys are arrested

    Nine boys are arrested

  • The boys are charged by a grand jury

    The boys are charged by a grand jury

  • Two boys are convicted and sentenced to death

    Two boys are convicted and sentenced to death
    Clarence Norris
    Charlie Weems

  • Another boy is convicted and sentenced to death

    Another boy is convicted and sentenced to death
    Haywood Patterson

  • Five more boys are convicted and sentenced to death

    Five more boys are convicted and sentenced to death
    Olen Montgomery
    Ozie Powell
    Willie Roberson
    Eugene Williams
    Andy Wright

  • Ruby Bates denies being raped in a letter

    Ruby Bates denies being raped in a letter

  • Samuel Leibowitz is asked to take the case

    Samuel Leibowitz is asked to take the case

  • Ruby Bates appears as a witness denying any rape that was said to have taken place

    Ruby Bates appears as a witness denying any rape that was said to have taken place

  • Two police officers that allegedly bribed Victoria Price to change her testimony are arrested

    Two police officers that allegedly bribed Victoria Price to change her testimony are arrested
    They were never convicted.

  • Weems is released on parole

    Weems is released on parole

  • Norris and Wright are released on parole

    Norris and Wright are released on parole

  • Powell is released on parole

    Powell is released on parole

  • Patterson escapes from prison

    Patterson escapes from prison

  • Victoria Price files a lawsuit against NBC

    Victoria Price files a lawsuit against NBC

  • Clarence Norris dies

    Clarence Norris dies
    He was the last of the Scottsboro boys

  • The last boy is sentecned to life imprisonment

    The last boy is sentecned to life imprisonment
    Roy Wright