The BoysCharles WeemsClarence NorrisAndy WrightOzie PowellOlen MontgomeryEugene WilliamsWillie RobersonRoy WrightHaywood Patterson
AccusationsOn March 25, 1931 a white young man stepped on a young black mans hand while on a trainTrain: Chattanooga to MemphisStone throwing battleBlack youths wonWhite youths forced off trainBlack teens arrested
Ruby BatesA white 18 year old teenager1931
Accused three black men of rape
1932Forced to write a letter
1933At the end, she testified that there was no rape, but her being with her boyfriend that night.
Victoria Price21 years old when Scottsboro Boys were accused
Bad job- $1.20 per hour for five to six days a month
Met up with Bates on train because of unsuccessful job hunt
Went to jail because of adultery
When examined, there was semen in her vagina
TrialTwelve days after incidentArticles already publishedTwo attorneys 1. Unprofessional2. Old- 70 years old
Held all boys togetherJudge James Edwin Horton Jr.
Sentenced Haywood PattersonPostponed trials
MistrialThird Attorney (Samuel Leibowitz)
Took over after death penalty sentenceBates and Price were only witnesses
Testimonies rambling and not understandable
Six boysClaimed they had never seen the women before
Three boysClaimed that they did rape the girls
Quick Facts
When visitors came to visit the boys in the they described them as “Terrified, Bewildered.”They were only allowed to leave cells one to two times a week while handcuffedThey lasted 10 years in jail
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