The train to scottsboro

Victoria Price and Ruby Bates spend the night with two men

Mar 23, 1931

The two women spend the night with Lester carter and Jack tiller

The scottsboro tragedy

Period: Mar 23, 1931 to Mar 25, 1931

the Scottsboro Boys get on the train

Mar 25, 1931

Many hobos, and people looking for work catch a ride on the freight train.

group of whites walk along the top of the train

Mar 25, 1931

a group of whites are walking along the top of the train

A white steps on the hand of Hayward Patterson

Mar 25, 1931

When the whites were walking on top of the train, on stepped on the hand of one of the blacks riding the train

the fight

Mar 25, 1931

A fight breaks out between the nine blacks and a group of whites on the train. The blacks win.

Word of the fight spreads

Mar 25, 1931

News of the fight spreads to the nearby town of Paint Rock, Alabama

An angry mob stops the train at Paint Rock

Mar 25, 1931

The angry mob stops the train at Paint Rock and captures the 9 boys

Ruby and Victoria accuse the boys of rape

Mar 25, 1931

Victoria price and Ruby bates get off the train and accuse the boys of raping them.

The boys are taken to Scottsboro

Mar 25, 1931

The boys are imprisoned in Sottsboro.

An angry mob surrounds the Scottsboro jail

Mar 25, 1931

A mob with intent to lynch the boys surrounds the jail.

National guard protects the jail

Mar 25, 1931

Due to the threat of the mob, Governor miller calls upon the national guard to protect the jail.

Jury accuses boys of rape

Mar 30, 1931

An all white jury accuses the 9 boys of rape. They all plead not guilty.

Samuel Leboweitz defends Hayward Patterson

Apr 6, 1931

Trials begin

Apr 6, 1931

the trials begin.

Hayward Patterson sentenced to death

Apr 7, 1931