Scottsboro Trial Timeline

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  • Train Ride

    Train Ride

    Nine African-American teenagers along with two white girls leave a train where police are already waiting. The police had been waiting because the nine teenagers had gotten into a fight earlier that day on the trian with seven white men. When they all left the train, the two girls claimed the nine teenagers had raped them. Images From: "Images of Scottsboro (trial-related Photos)." Images of Scottsboro (trial-related Photos). N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2014. <http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/project
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    Scottboro Trial

    PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2014. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_scotts.html
    "The Trials of The Scottsboro Boys." The Trials of The Scottsboro Boys. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2014. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm "Images of Scottsboro (trial-related Photos)." Images of Scottsboro (trial-related Photos). N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2014. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/SB_imag.html

  • Trials Begin

    Scottsboro, Alabama. Judge A. E. Hawkins

  • Sentenced Death But Placed Behind Bars

    The nine teenagers were given the sentence of death but guards put them in jail instead.
  • Ruby Bates Letter

    Ruby Bates Letter

    Ruby Bates sends a letter saying that she was not raped. Ruby Bates (Image) Found at: "Images of Scottsboro (trial-related Photos)." Images of Scottsboro (trial-related Photos). N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2014. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/SB_imag.html

  • U.S. Supreme Court Reviews Case

  • Second Trial

    Haywood Patterson is granted a second trial and is given the sentence of death to the electirc chair in April.
  • One Of Many Protests

    One Of Many Protests

    Thousands of people march in Washington in protest against the Scottsboro Trials. Image From: "Images of Scottsboro (trial-related Photos)." Images of Scottsboro (trial-related Photos). N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2014. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/SB_imag.htmlD.jpg

  • Another Trial

    Haywood Patterson is given another trial and his sentence is pushed aside again.

  • Scottsboro Defense Committee is organized.

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  • Fourth Sentence

    Haywood Patterson is tried a fourth time for rape and is given a sentence of seventy-five years in jail.
  • Released From Jail

    Released From Jail

    Four of the nine men were released after their charges were lifted. This included Roy Wright, Olen Montgomery, Eugene Williams, and Willie Roberson. Image From: "Images of Scottsboro (trial-related Photos)." Images of Scottsboro (trial-related Photos). N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2014. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/SB_imag.html

  • Clarence Norris's Sentence

    Clarence Noriss's sentence to death is reduced to sentence to life.

  • Patterson Escapes Prison

    Haywood Patterson escapes prison but is returned shortly after being arrested by the FBI in 1950.
  • Patterson Charged With Murder

    Patterson Charged With Murder

    Haywood Patterson is charged with murder after killing a man in a fight in December of 1950. He is given a sentence of 6-15 years in jail but dies not too long after. Haywood Patterson (Image) From: "Images of Scottsboro (trial-related Photos)." Images of Scottsboro (trial-related Photos). N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2014. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/SB_imag.html
  • Last Living Scottsboro Boy Dies

    Last Living Scottsboro Boy Dies

    Clarence Norris dies at 76 years old. Clarence Norris (Image) Found at:
    "Images of Scottsboro (trial-related Photos)." Images of Scottsboro (trial-related Photos). N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2014. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/SB_imag.html