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9 black teenagers were traveling to Memphis on a train and were arrested due to accusations of raping 2 white girls http://live.drjays.com/index.php/2013/11/22/alabama-posthumously-pardons-last-of-the-scottsboro-boys/
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A lynch mob gathers outside the Scottsboro Jail as the news spreads throughout the country.
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http://www.ventura.org/grand-jury All 9 black teenagers were accused of rape by a grand jury
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NAACP and ILD fight for he right to represent and support the Scottsboros boys and their families
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Trials begin in Scottsboro before Judge A. E. Hawkins. http://chicagoeviction.com/2013/03/new-procedure-for-cook-county-eviction-jury-trials/
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8/9 of the teens (Clarence Norris, Charlie Weems, Haywood Patterson, Olen Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Eugene Williams, and Andy Wright) are tried, convicted, and sentenced to death.
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The 8 teens that were sentenced for death rioted in the Etwah County Jail in Alabama
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The Scottsboro Defense Committee is organized
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NAACP withdraws from Scottsboro case
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http://w2.georgiacourts.org/cjcj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=92 The Alabama Supreme Court affirms the convictions of seven of the boys.
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U.S Supreme Court reviews Scottsboro Case
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The Supreme Court ruled that the defendants were denied the right to counsel.
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http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/SB_HAYW.jpg The seven oldest boys are tried in front of a new judge and jury and Haywood Patterson and Clarence Norris are sentenced for death.
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http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/callahan1932.JPG The Scottsboro cases are removed from Judge Horton's jurisdiction and transferred to Judge William Callahan's court.
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http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/SB_WILLI.jpg The cases of the youngest defendants, Roy Wright and Eugene Williams, are moved to Juvenile Court. The other seven defendants appear in Callahan's courtroom.
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The boys new attorney files for new trials but the Alabama Supreme Court denied the request.
