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Scottsboro Boys

By cheyenne.williams

  • Accused

    Scottsboro boys riding railroad car, two white girls accuse the 9 black men of rape

  • Grand Jury

    The grand jury indicts all nine boys

  • Clarence and Charlie

    Clarence Norris and Charlie Weems are tried, convicted, and sentenced to death.

  • Olen, Ozie, Willie, Eugene, and Andy

    Olen Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Eugene Williams, and Andy Wright are tried, convicted, and sentenced to death.

  • Roy

    The case against Roy Wright, aged 13, ends in a hung jury when 11 jurors seek a death sentence, and one votes for life imprisonment.

  • NAACP

    The NAACP withdraws from the case.

  • Denies rape

    letter from Ruby Bates to a boyfriend surfaces; in it, she denies having been raped.

  • U.S Supreme Court

    U.S. Supreme Court rules that the defendants were denied the right to counsel, which violated their right to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment. The cases are remanded to the lower court.

  • Leaving Alabama

    Either through paroles or escapes all of the Scottsboro Boys eventually found their way out of Alabama.