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Picture WebsiteA fight brakes out between several caucasian boys and 9 African American boys traveling on a train. When the train stops, the 9 African American boys are arrested for assault.
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Picture SiteThe Scottsboro boys are reported to have raped two white women and are charged with rape.
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Picture WebsiteTrials begins in Scottboro before Judge A. E. Hawkins.
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Picture Website A letter from Ruby Bates to a boyfriend surfaces. In it, she denies having been raped.
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United States Supreme court orders new trial. March 27th,1933
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Picture Website Ruby Bates appears as a surprise witness for the defense denying that any rape occurred and testifying that she was with Victoria Price during the entire train ride.
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Picture WebsitePatterson is found guilty and sentenced to death.
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Judge Horton sets aside Haywood Patterson's conviction and grants a new trial.
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Picture WebsiteClarence Norris is tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death
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Picture WebsiteThe Supreme Court states that the exclusion of black citizens from jury rolls deprives black defendants of their rights to equal protection under the law. The Court overturns the conviction of Patterson and Norris and the case is put to a lower court.
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Picture WebsiteMore trial begins and Patterson is given a 75-year sentence
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Picture WebsiteThe trial of Andy Wright ends in conviction and a sentence of 99 years.
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Picture WebsiteThe trial of Charley Weems ends in conviction and a sentence of 75 years
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Picture WebsiteOzie Powell is sentenced to 20 years. Rape charges are dropped.
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Picutre Website Rape charges against the last four defendants Olen Montgomery, Willie Roberson, Eugene Williams, and Roy Wright, are dropped.
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All ethier escape or are paroled
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Picture WebsiteHaywood Patterson escapes from prison.
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Picture WebsiteClarence Norris, (the last of the Scottsboro boys) is releaed from jail
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Picture WebsitePatterson dies of cancer only one year after returning to jail.
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Clarence Norris is pardoned by Alabama Governor George Wallace
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Picture WebsiteClarence Norris dies in Bronx Community Hospital at the age of seventy-six. He was the last surviving defendant in Scottsboro trials.
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Scottsboro acknowledges the injustice that was done to the boys by dedicating a historical marker to them outside the Jackson County Courthouse
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Picture WebsiteOpens off-Broadway in New York at Vineyard Theatre. Later (October, 2010), opens on Broadway and nominated for 12 Tony Awards.
