Download

The Scottsboro boys life

By ellio7
  • Nine black teens were acused of rape

    Nine black teens were acused of rape

    Nine black boys from Scottsboro were accused of raping two white women, Ruby Bates and Victoria Price http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm
    (All of my imformation is from this website)
  • The Scottsboro boys were nearly lynched

    The Scottsboro boys were nearly lynched

    The Scottsboro boys were nearly lynched around the jail
  • Grand Jury indicts the Scottsboro boys

    Grand Jury indicts the Scottsboro boys

    The Alabama grand jury indicts the Scottsboro boys
  • The trial begins before Judge A.E. Hawkins

    The trial begins before Judge A.E. Hawkins

    The scottsboro boys trial begins
  • The Excecutions are stayed pending appeal to Alabama Supreme court

    The Excecutions are stayed pending appeal to Alabama Supreme court

    The excecutions of the Scottsboro boys are stayed pending appeal
  • The NAACP withdraws from the case

    The NAACP withdraws from the case

    The NAACP withdraws from the Scottsboro case
  • Ruby Bates denies she was raped

    Ruby Bates denies she was raped

    Ruby Bates denies she was raped in a letter written to Earl streetman.
  • The US Supreme court decides that it will review the Scottsboro cases

    The US Supreme court decides that it will review the Scottsboro cases

    The US Supreme court decided that it will review the Scottsboro cases.
  • Many thousand people march on washington to protest the Scottsboro boys

    Many thousand people march on washington to protest the Scottsboro boys

    Thousands march on washington to protest the scottsboro boys
  • Judge Horton sets aside Haywood Pattersons conviction and grants a new trial

    Judge Horton sets aside Haywood Pattersons conviction and grants a new trial

    Judge Horton sets aside Haywood Pattersons conviction and grants a brand new trial
  • Two lawyers are charged with bribing Victoria Price to change her testimony

    Two lawyers are charged with bribing Victoria Price to change her testimony

    Two lawyers were charged with bribing Victoria Price to change her testimony
  • The Scottsboro defense committee is organized

    The Scottsboro defense committee is organized

    The scottsboro defense committee is organized
  • Haywood Patterson is convicteed of murder for the fourth time

    Haywood Patterson is convicteed of murder for the fourth time

    Haywood Patterson is convicted of murder for the fourth time and sentenced to 75 years
  • Ozzie Powell is shot in the head by sheriff Jay Sandlin

    Ozzie Powell is shot in the head by sheriff Jay Sandlin

    Ozzie Powell is brutally shot in the ead by a police officer
  • Clarence Norris' death sentence is reduced to life in prison

    Clarence Norris' death sentence is reduced to life in prison

    Clarence Norris' death sentence is reduced to life in prison