THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
SCOTTSBORO TRIALS
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March 25, 1931
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April 6, 1931
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April 3, 1937
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March 5, 1931
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Detailed explanation-1: -The First Scottsboro Trials (April, 1931)
Detailed explanation-2: -April 6, 1931 Trials begin in Scottboro before Judge A. E. Hawkins. April 7-9, 1931 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Scottsboro Boys were nine African American teenagers and young men, ages 13 to 20, accused in Alabama of raping two white women in 1931. The landmark set of legal cases from this incident dealt with racism and the right to a fair trial.
Detailed explanation-4: -Only four of the young African American men knew each other prior to the incident on the freight train, but as the trials drew increasing regional and national attention they became known as the Scottsboro Boys. On April 9, 1931, eight of the nine young men were convicted and sentenced to death.