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The Nine Scottsboro Boys
Clarence Norris, Charlie Weems, Haywood Patterson, Olen Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Eugene Williams, Andy Wright, and Roy Wright. -
The Scottsboro Boys are arrested.
The Scottsboro Boys were arrested and accused of rape and sexual assault! -
Victoria Price and Ruby Bates
The girls who accused the Scottsboro Boys of raping them were Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. -
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The Scottsboro Case
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Scottsboro Boys all tried and convicted to death!
By this date, all the Scottsboro Boys had been tried and convicted to death. Except for Roy Wright, he received life imprisonment. -
Evidence is found of their innocence!
A letter from Ruby Bates to her boyfriend surfaces: in it, she denieds having been raped! -
Convictions are upholded!
The Alabama Supreme Court, voting 6-1, upholds the convictions of seven of the defendants! -
Powell v. Alabama
In Powell v. Alabama, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the defendants were denied the right to counsel, which violated their right due to process under the Fourteenth Amendment! -
Norris v. Alabama
In Norris v. Alabama, the United States Supreme Court finds the exclusion of blacks on jury rolls deprived black defendants of their rights to equal protection under the law as guaranteed in the Fourteenth Amendment1 -
Trial of Andy Wright
Ends in a conviction and a sentence of 99 years! -
Trial of Charley Weems
Ends in a conviction and a sentence of 75 years! -
Trial of Ozie Powell
Powell is sentenced to 20 years in prison and the rape charges are dropped! -
Rape Charges are Dropped
Rape charges against the Scottsboro Boys are dropped! -
Clarence Norris Pardoned
Clarence Norris is pardoned by Alabama Governor: George Wallace! -
Last of Scottsboro Boys Dies
Clarence Norris, the last of the Scottsboro Boys, dies.
