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The Scottsboro Boys were nine black defendants in a 1931 rape case initiated in Scottsboro, Alabama. The case was heard by the United States Supreme Court twice and the decisions established the pri...
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the Jackson County Sentinel, printed that evening, decries the "revolting crime." White outrage erupts over the allegations, and a lynch mob gathers at the Scottsboro jail, prompting the sheriff to call Alabama Governor Benjamin Meeks Miller. ... March 30: A grand jury indicts all nine "Scottsboro Boys."
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Moreover, although the "Scottsboro Boys" the defendants were denied the right of counsel. For the new Scottsboro trials, whichopened on March 27, 1933, the ILD had retained renowned criminal lawyer Samuel Leibowitz.
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The Scottsboro Boys (the young men were named after the Alabama town where they were tried for the first time) ranged in age from 13 to 21. They were: Roy Wright, 13, Eugene Williams, 13, Andy Wright, 17, Haywood Patterson, 17, Olin Montgomery, 17, Willie Roberson, 17, Ozzie Powell, 16, Charles Weems,
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Horton's decision did not end the "Scottsboro Boys" troubles. Trials and retrials continued for years. Twice the U. S. Supreme Court would, in landmark decisions, set aside the convictions of "Scottsboro Boys." Not until 1950 would the last innocent black find his way out of the Alabama prison system.
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You may either visit the entire section of The Scottsboro Trials by using the arrows on the bottom of each page or go to a specific page by following one of the links below.
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The Scottsboro Boys' Trials; Race, Gender, and Lies ... Of all the Scottsboro Boys, Clarence Norris lived the longest. His sentence was reduced in 1938, and he was paroled in 1946. Thirty years later, the Governor of Alabama admitted that the Scottsboro Trials were unfair and Norris was pardoned.
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