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Scottsboro boys were arrested in Paint Rock, Alabama, with charges of assault and rape.
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Willie Stokes was executed. 1st of the 10 blacks that were executed in that prison.
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Thousands of people marched in Washington and protested the Alabama trials. This was 1 of many protests throughout the nation.
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Haywood Patterson and Clarence Norris were tried for rape and sentenced to death
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Scottsboro defense committee was organized
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Ozzie Powell was shot in the head by Sheriff Jay Sandlin
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Clarence Norric was entenced to death. Andy Wright was sentenced to 99 years. Charlie Weems was sentenced to 75 years. Ozzie Powell was sentenced to 20 years.
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Clarence Norris's death sentence was changed to life in prison.
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The Scottsboro boys were interviewed by Governor Graves.
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Clarence Norris and Andy Wright were paroled.
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Clarence Norris was returned to prison.
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Clarence Norris was paroled again and left Alabama.
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Haywood Patterson escapes from prison.
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Patterson was charged with murder after getting involved in a barroom fight and another man dying.
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Patterson was sentenced to 6 to 15 years in prison, but died of cancer less than a year later.
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Clarence Norris died at age 76. He was the last surviving Scottsboro boy.
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All information from http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/SB_chron.html
