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There is a fight on a train between a group of black and white boys, so the train stops in Scottsboro, Alabama.
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All of the Scottsboro boys were taken into jail for fighting and allegedly raping two prostitutes.
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8 out of 9 of the boys were sentenced to die all except the youngest one because he was a juvenile.
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The youngest boy in the group is convicted and is sentenced for life in prison.
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The Scottsboro boys are faced and charged with a serious crime.
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The NAACP gets involved and tries to help raise money and get tries to get them appealed.
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One of the prostitutes denies ever being raped and admits the truth of what really happened.
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The youngest boy has a new trial since he was a juvenile.
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The boys are remanded to a lower court because of lack of good lawyer and support.
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The first time that the Scottsboro boys went to court, they had a drunken lawyer so they were rewarded a new lawyer based on the 14th commandment.
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The prostitute goes in front of the jury and admits that she was not raped and the evidence stands by it.
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One of the boys is sentenced to be electrocuted.
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All of the men die either in jail or from trying to escape and not succeeding.From 1937-1984
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The last Scottsboro boy, (now man), was pardoned on behalf of all of the boys/ men.
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All of the Scottsboro boys have now passed away.
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The lasy Scottsboro boy dies.
