The Scottsboro Timelin

The arrest

Mar 25, 1930

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.htmlPolice stop a train in Paint Rock, Alabama and charge and arrest 9 african american male teenagers for the rape of 2 white women; Ruby Bates and Victoria Price

The jury

Mar 30, 1931

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.htmlGrand jury indicts the 9 scottsboro boys for rape

Trial No. 1

Apr 6, 1931

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.htmlTrials begin in Scottsboro before Judge A. E. Hawkins

Verdict No. 1

Apr 7, 1931

All 9 of the boys are tried and convicted and sentenced to death.

Ruby Bates

Jan 5, 1932

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.htmlRuby Bates denies that she was raped

Samuel S. Leibowitz

May 1, 1932

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.htmlSamuel S. Leibowitz, a New Yorker, is retained by the ILD to defend the Scottsboro boys

The Change

May 17, 1932

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.htmlThe U.S. Supreme Court announces that it will reveiw the Scottssboro cases.

Trial No. 2

Mar 27, 1933

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.htmlHaywood Patterson's second trial begins in Decatur before judge James Horton

Verdict No. 2

Apr 9, 1933

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.htmlHaywood Patterson found guilty by jury and sentenced to death in the electric chair.

The Judge

Apr 18, 1933

<a href='' >http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.html</a>Judge Horton postpones the trials of the other Scottsboro boys because of dangerously high local tensions

America's response

May 7, 1933

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.htmlThousands march in Washington protesting the Alabama trials

Judge Horton

Jun 22, 1933

Judge Horton sets aside Haywood Patterson's conviction and grants a new trial

Supreme Court

Jan 15, 1935

The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to reveiw the most recent Scottsboro convictions

Verdict No. 4

Jan 23, 1936

Haywood Patterson is convicted for a fourth time of rape and is sentenced to 75 years in prison.

Freedom

Jul 26, 1937

<a href='' >http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.html</a>4 of the 9 boys were realeased from prison after all the charges were dropped.

The end

Jan 23, 1989

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.html
Clearance Norris, the last surviving Scottsboro boy, dies at age 76