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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
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The Scottsboro boys were nearly lynched
The Scottsboro boys were nearly lynched around the jail -
Grand Jury indicts the Scottsboro boys
The Alabama grand jury indicts the Scottsboro boys -
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 of the Scottsboro boys are stayed pending appeal -
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 in a letter written to Earl streetman. -
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
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 brand new trial -
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 -
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 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
