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Cherry Cantrell
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The Scottsboro Trials
The Scottsboro Trials were the most infamous episodes of legal injustice in the Jim Crow South. The events of the Scottsboro Trials that culminated in the trials began in the early spring of 1931, when nine young black men were falsely accused of raping two white women on a train (Encyclopedia of Alabama : Scottsboro Trials 1). This case was more hectic than any other event in the South because it revealed the barbarous treatment of blacks. The announcement of this verdict brought the sentences to an uproar of protest in the North. Every boy was sentenced to death by electrocution (Wormser 1).
In 1931, nine black boys boarded a train at Chattanooga to Memphis. Little did these boys know that they would be accused of raping two white women. Victoria Price and Ruby Bates were the women that the boys “rapped”. On the train with Victoria and Ruby were several white boys. A fight broke out between the white boys and black boys. The black boys were arrested for assault and attempted murder. While the white boys were only forced off of the train. On March 26, the news spreads across the country and the allegations stir up a lynch mob that gathers outside of the Scottsboro jail. The trial begins on April 6th, and everyone crowds around gather outside Courthouse Square. April 7th-9th, Victora Price testifies that six of the boys had raped her, and six of the boys raped Ruby Bates. Eight of black boys, Clarence Norris, Charlie Weems, Haywood Patterson, Olen Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Eugene Williams and Andy Wright were tried, convicted and sentenced to death by electrocution. Roy Wright, one of the youngest boys, was hung by jury. The executions of the eight defendants were stayed and pending their appeal to the Supreme Court of Alabama (Leutwyler 1).
This case took over seven years and over those years the case went through the state and federal judicial
Cherry Cantrell
English 10
The Scottsboro Trials
The Scottsboro Trials were the most infamous episodes of legal injustice in the Jim Crow South. The events of the Scottsboro Trials that culminated in the trials began in the early spring of 1931, when nine young black men were falsely accused of raping two white women on a train (Encyclopedia of Alabama : Scottsboro Trials 1). This case was more hectic than any other event in the South because it revealed the barbarous treatment of blacks. The announcement of this verdict brought the sentences to an uproar of protest in the North. Every boy was sentenced to death by electrocution (Wormser 1).
In 1931, nine black boys boarded a train at Chattanooga to Memphis. Little did these boys know that they would be accused of raping two white women. Victoria Price and Ruby Bates were the women that the boys “rapped”. On the train with Victoria and Ruby were several white boys. A fight broke out between the white boys and black boys. The black boys were arrested for assault and attempted murder. While the white boys were only forced off of the train. On March 26, the news spreads across the country and the allegations stir up a lynch mob that gathers outside of the Scottsboro jail. The trial begins on April 6th, and everyone crowds around gather outside Courthouse Square. April 7th-9th, Victora Price testifies that six of the boys had raped her, and six of the boys raped Ruby Bates. Eight of black boys, Clarence Norris, Charlie Weems, Haywood Patterson, Olen Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Eugene Williams and Andy Wright were tried, convicted and sentenced to death by electrocution. Roy Wright, one of the youngest boys, was hung by jury. The executions of the eight defendants were stayed and pending their appeal to the Supreme Court of Alabama (Leutwyler 1).
This case took over seven years and over those years the case went through the state and federal judicial