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Scottsboro Boys Arrest
Posse stops Southern Railroad train in Paint Rock, Alabama. Scottsboro boys are arrested on charges of assault. Rape charges are added against all nine boys after accusations are made by Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. -
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The Scottsboro Boys Trials
The Scottsboro Boys Trials with 10 importaunt events. -
The Boys are Surrounded
Scottsboro boys are nearly lynched by crowd of over 100 gathered around Scottsboro's jail. -
Boys Get Sentanced
Clarence Norris, Charlie Weems, Haywood Patterson, Olen Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Eugene Williams, and Andy Wright are tried and convicted, and sentenced to death. The trial of Roy Wright ends in a mistrial when some jurors hold out for a death sentence even though the prosecution asked for life imprisonment. -
Boys Get Sentanced Part 2
The trials continued until 1931 April 9. -
The Exucutions Are Halted
Executions are stayed pending appeal to Alabama Supreme Court. -
The Denial Of Rape
Ruby Bates, in a letter to a Earl Streetman, denies that she was raped. -
1 Boy Down 8 To Go
Haywood Patterson found guilty by jury and sentenced to death in the electric chair. -
2 For the Price of 1
Judge Horton sets aside Haywood Patterson's conviction and grants a new trial. Haywood Patterson and Clarence Norris are tried for rape, convicted, and sentenced to death. -
The People are on Their Side!
The Scottsboro Defense Committee is organized. -
Another one Bites the Dust
Ozzie Powell is shot in the head by Sheriff Jay Sandlin while attacking Deputy Sheriff Edgar Blalock.
