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Scottsboro boys get arrested on charges of assault and rape.
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The judge convicts the nine Scottsboro boys for rape.
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Judge A.E Hawkins sentences all the Scottsboro boys to death, but this ends in a mistrial. Some jurors still held out for the death sentence even though life in prison was already settled.
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The NAACP and the ILD fight to gain rights so they can both represent the Scottsboro boys in the trial.
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Haywood Patterson, one of the nine Scottsboro boys, is sentenced to die in the electric chair after his second trial.
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Two of the Scottsboro boys are yet again tried for rape and are sentenced to death, which is affirmed by Alabama Supreme Court.
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Haywood patterson is convicted for rape for the fourth time, and is sentenced to 75 years in prison
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Ozzie Powell, another of the nine Scottsboro boys, is shot in the head by the Sheriff while trying to attack the deputy.
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Andy Wright is sentenced to 99 years in prison, Charlie Weems is sentenced to 75 years. Clarence Norris is sentenced to death. However, all of the charges were dropped on Roy Wright, Eugine Williams, Olen Montgomery, and Willie Roberson.
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Governor Graves interviews the Scottsboro Boys. After this interview, The boys who had charges dropped were put on parole.
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Charlie Weems, Clarence Norris, Andy Wright, and Ozzie Powell are all put on Parole instead of the charges dropped
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Andy Wright gets returned to prison.
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Haywood Patterson escapes from prison.
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Patterson gets charged with manslaughter because of a barroom fight resulting in another man's death. he is sentenced to 6-15 years in prison
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Clarence Norris, the last surviving of the boys, dies at 76 years old.
