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The Accusation
Little Known Black History Fact: The Case of the Scottsboro BoysScottsboro An American TragedyDuring the Great Depression, a fight occurs on a train going to Alabama, between 5 to 6 white men and 9 African Americans. The 9 black men "win" the fight and throw the white men off the train. (also, on the train are 2 white women prositutes.) The train stops in Scottsboro, Alabama, where police arrest the 9 men for assult on the white men and rape of the 2 white women. -
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The Scottsboro Boys Trial
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Unfair Jury
SCOTTSBORO BOYS Scottsboro An American TragedyAn all white grand jury charges all 9 of "The Scottsboro boys" with rape. -
Being Convicted
More work ahead in Ala for Scottsboro Boys pardons Timeline of the Scottsboro BoysTimeline of the ScottsboroBy this date (starting April 6th), eight of the Scottsboro boys have been tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. -
The Youngest of Them All
Wright, Roy Biography History: The Scottsboro Boys: Offical Broadway SiteRoy Wright,13, is tried. But, ends in an undecivie jury, where 11 jurors voted the death sentence and 1 juror votes for imprisonment for life. -
Pending Executions
Alabama Set To Pardon 'Scottsboro Boys' Over Racist Rape Convictions Timeline of the Scottsboro BoysThe Executions of the 8 "Scottsboro boys" stay undetermind in the Alabama Supreme Court. -
The Letter
People & Events: Ruby Bates, 1915 - 1976 History- THe Scottsboro BoysA letter written to her boyfriend by Ruby Bates, is presented in the trial. In the letter Ruby Bates denies being raped. -
The Alabama Surpreme Court
Alabama Supreme Court Undermines Property Rights History: The Scottsboro Boys: Official Broadway Site
The Alabama Surpreme Court upholds the convictions of 7 of the boys, granting Eugene Williams a new trial because he was a juvenille at the time of the conviction. -
The U. S. Supreme Court
The United States Supreme Court Building History: The Scottsboro Boys: Official Broadway SiteThe United States Supreme Court agrees to hear the case. -
Violations
Timeline of the Scottsboro Boys 14th Amendent 2The U.S. Supreme Court reverses the convictions in Powell v. Alabama. The court rules that the defendents (Scottsboro boys) were denied their 14th Amendment right, which is the right to counsel under the due process of law. The cases were moved to a lower court. -
Patterson: Guilty
People & Events: Haywood Patterson, 1913 - 1952 Scottsboro TimelineThe jury finds Haywood Patterson gulity and sentenceses him to death by electric chair. Meanwhile, the judge of the case decides to delay the other 7 of the Scottsboro boys' trials. The judge does this due to the fact that the local tensions are too high and he fears there might be an impartial verdict. -
Patterson: Trial 2
People & Events: Haywood Patterson, 1913 - 1952Haywood Patterson's second trial beings in Alabama. Again, the jury for the trial is all white.
Ruby Bates then testifies that both her and Victoria Price were never raped. -
Tried Once Again
Scottsboro Timeline Timeline of the Scottsboro Boys: Our Timeline7 of the Scottsboro boys are tried infront of a new judge and jury. Haywood Patterson (granted a new trial because the proseuctions testimony was not supported by any other evidence or information) and Clarence Norris are sentenced to death. -
Exclusion of African Americans
14th Amendment 2 History: The Scottsboro Boys: The Official Broadway SiteThe U.S. Supreme Court rules that the exclusion of African American citizens on jury rolls deprives black defendants of their rights to equal protection under the law as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court overturns the convictions of Patterson and Norris and both their cases are moved to a lower court. -
75 Years?
History: The Scottsboro Boys: The Official Broadway SiteNotes on Alabama: Searching for the Ghost of "Big Jim" Folsom Haywood Patterson is sentenced to 75 years in prison for the rape of Ruby Bates and Victoria Price. This is the first time a black man has been sentenced to imprisonment instead of the death sentence, for the rape of a white women. -
Brain Damage
People & Events: Ozie Powell, 1916 - ? History: The Scottsboro Boys: The Official Broadway SteOzie Powell pulls out a knife during court on a deputy sherif. The sherif shots Powell in the head. Powell survives but recieves permanent brian damage. -
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Ruling #2
Scottsboro Boys Pictures Trial of the Scottsboro Boys: Our TimelineAndy Wright is sentenced to 99 years in prison. -
Ruling #3
Scottsboro Boys Pictures[Trial of the Scotsboro Boys: Our Timeline](' >Scottsboro Boys Pictures</a> <a href='http://trial-of-the-scottsboro-boys.wikispaces.com/Our+Timeline)Charlie Weems is sentenced to 75 years in prison. -
Rulig #4 and #5
Scottsboro Boys Pictures Trial of the Scottsboro Boys: Our TimelineOzie Powell receives 20 years in prison for assaulting a sherif. The rape charges against him are dropped. Rape charges against Olen Montgomery, Willie Roberson, Eugene Williams, and Roy Wright, are dropped.
