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Posse stops Southern Railroad train in Paint Rock, Alabama. Scottsboro boys are arrested on charges of assault. Rape charges are added against all nine boys after accusations are made by Victoria Price and Ruby Bates.
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The Scottsboro Boys Trials with 10 importaunt events.
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Scottsboro boys are nearly lynched by crowd of over 100 gathered around Scottsboro's jail.
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Clarence Norris, Charlie Weems, Haywood Patterson, Olen Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Eugene Williams, and Andy Wright are tried and convicted, and sentenced to death. The trial of Roy Wright ends in a mistrial when some jurors hold out for a death sentence even though the prosecution asked for life imprisonment.
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The trials continued until 1931 April 9.
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Executions are stayed pending appeal to Alabama Supreme Court.
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Ruby Bates, in a letter to a Earl Streetman, denies that she was raped.
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Haywood Patterson found guilty by jury and sentenced to death in the electric chair.
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Judge Horton sets aside Haywood Patterson's conviction and grants a new trial. Haywood Patterson and Clarence Norris are tried for rape, convicted, and sentenced to death.
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The Scottsboro Defense Committee is organized.
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Ozzie Powell is shot in the head by Sheriff Jay Sandlin while attacking Deputy Sheriff Edgar Blalock.
