The Murder Of Scottsboro Boys

In Scottsboro, Alabama, March 9, 1931 nine African american boys, Olen Montgomery, Clarence Norris, Haywood Patterson, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Charles Weems, Eugene Williams, Andy Wright, and Roy Wright were incriminated of rapeing two white women on the subway. As they were accused of raping Ruby Bates and Victoria Price they were put on trial. This trail was long and unfair.

Boarding the train from Chattanooga to Memphis seems like an innocent thing to do (“UMKC” par. 2). For the Scottsboro boys, boarding that train was one of the worst things they could have done. Two dozen whites and black road the train that day, and within the first

It took place on March, 25, 1931 near Scottsboro, Alabama. The 9 african american boys were taken off the train for charges of assault from the whites. Then all 9 boys were accused of rape from white women Victoria Price and Ruby Bates.

Whenever I hear about discrimination, prejudice or stereotypes, as they relate to race, ethnicity and you name it, my system aches. Being inhumane and lack respect for your fellow brothers or sisters, regardless of color, speaks volume and causes unsettling issues in our society today. In this assignment, my mission is to share an historic event that took place in Martinsville, VA back in 1949. This case includes rape and a racially motivated justice system, that leads to racial discrimination; ultimately, led to the execution of seven. This case garnered international recognition and eventually left an indelible scar on the world. With numerous evidence of racial discrimination, I have put together a compelling argument which establishes

According to American history, prejudice is shown through the courtroom’s jury when making decisions to send the alleged African Americans to jail. On March 24, 1931, nine African American lives were jeopardized with the false accusations of rape that further scrutinizes the nation’s controversial look upon justice. Referring to Abigail Thernson and Henry Fetter when talking about The Scottsboro Trials it states, “Represented by unprepared out of date counsel who had no more than a half an hour consult

The boys of the Scottsboro trials were never treated fairly from the beginning. The whole journey was filled with misconception. The journey began on the freight train, there was nine African Americans on a train car and with them, was a group of Caucasian men. It all started with one of the white males stepping on the hand of one of the blacks. Not too long after, the white males threatened the nine boys to leave the train car (Doc). After the nine black males refused their threat, a fight broke out between all of them. All of the members of the white group were thrown off the train, all, but one. The one that was left on the train went and reported the fight to the train conductor.

This story is set in the year 1930, in Maycomb County, Alabama, and even though racism was abolished, the people still believed that colored people were bad people. Without racism still existing then, many things wouldn’t have happened. Since there was racism, a man was accused to be guilty for a crime he didn’t commit because he was black. Which allowed the actual guilty and dangerous person out on the loose, which gave him the chance to try to kill two kids. But without racism, the the guilty man would be put in jail and the whole story would be over.

Bryan Stevenson, human rights lawyer and founder of the Equal Rights Initiative (ERI), has been central to an ongoing project of the ERI to create markers for the lynching sites of African Americans. Its function is to “to create a mechanism for forcing people to talk more about slavery,” with the hope of confronting racial injustice within America through confronting our long history of abuse (Carp). Stevenson believes that any impetus to talk about slavery is vital to understanding why our society is shaped the way it is, and why we deal with the problems we do. I agree with Stevenson in that the identification of these sites is a beginning in our journey to uncover the truth of our past and our present, which for too long has been shielded from the American consciousness.

One of which was named Ed Johnson, who she assumed was her alleged attacker, however, she was not for sure if he was or wasn’t her attacker. Ed Johnson had evidence of where he was the same night she was attacked; therefore, it could not have been him. Even though he was not her attacker, she accused him of committing the attack anyways. The Supreme Court got involved in the case and requested that Ed Johnson not be hung in the case of Miss Taylor (Supreme Court Intervenes in Ed Johnson Case). The white mob thought otherwise and accused him of doing the attacks and wanted him dead. The mob went to the courthouse, kidnapped Ed Johnson and took him to a bridge where he could be lynched for attacking Miss Taylor. First, he was hung by the neck, and then shot at multiple times to his death (God Bless you all I am innocent).

In the year 1931, all nine of the Scottsboro boys Haywood Patterson, Charles Weems, Clarence Norris, Andy Wright, Ozzie Powell, Olen Montgomery, Eugene Williams, Willie Roberson, and Roy Wright are arrested and tried on charges of assault from fighting white boys on a train. Along with accusations made by Victoria Price and Ruby Bates that the boys raped them. Their trial begins April 6, 1931. All of the boys except for Roy Wright are tired and convicted, with the result of the death sentence, Roy Wright’s trial ends in a mistrial. Later the NAACP and International Labor Defense, fight to represent the boys. Even though there was no proof that the boys committed these crimes they

Currently in the United States of America, there is a wave a patriotism sweeping across this great land: a feeling of pride in being an American and in being able to call this nation home. The United States is the land of the free and the home of the brave; however, for the African-American citizens of the United States, from the inception of this country to midway through the twentieth century, there was no such thing as freedom, especially in the Deep South. Nowhere is that more evident than in Stories of Scottsboro, an account of the Scottsboro trials of 1931-1937, where nine African-American teenage boys were falsely accused of raping two

The Tulsa Race Riots, the Rosewood Massacre, Emmett Till, the Scottsboro Boys, Timothy Cole, and the Central Park Five—what do all of these instances have in common? They represent the complicated, yet emotional history in

Justice is such a tender, Justice can break so easily, Justice swept right underneath you, and Justice is not a piece of America. July 27, 1919, started as a regular day. I woke up, ran my morning jog, and went to work as usual. What I thought to be a normal day was not, this is a day to remember that justice will not be served unless we fight to the death in war. I am Ashley Rivera, a young adult who lost a piece of me, when the justice system fails to fight for us. Never had I felt so depressed and so confused that I had no emotions to express. After reading millions of articles, hearing plenty of statements from witnesses, and to turn on the television to hear the jury ruling as followed:

Scottsboro case was at first directed on March 25, 1931, in Scottsboro Alabama. The case included dark adolescents who later wound up plainly acclaimed as Scottsboro Boys. Young men included Clarence Norris, Olen Montgomery, Andy Wright, Willie Roberson, Ozie Powell, Eugine Williams, Charlie Weems, Roy Wright and Haywood Patterson. The named dark youngsters were dishonestly blamed to have group assaulted two white ladies. This case wound up noticeably a standout amongst the most disputable and confused cases in the historical backdrop of United States of America (Sorensen 4).

In 1931, nine African-American men ranging from 14-21 years of age were accused of raping two white women while aboard a freight train. The nine young men were immediately arrested and became known as the “Scottsboro Boys”. The arrests of the boys and their court trials reflected the social, sectional, political, religious, and racial divisions in the early 1930’s. The social division, as well as sectional and political, were reflected by racist white people who believed “no white women would ever consent to a negro”. The political power that dominated the court rooms made it virtually impossible for a negro to be considered not guilty unless dramatically proven otherwise. The racial divisions during this time were the ultimate problem. White people thought of themselves as superior and African-Americans had very little say when accused of a crime. The events related to the Scottsboro Boys lead to a deterioration of the political and cultural atmosphere. The cultural atmosphere was greatly impacted because racism was already a major problem in the South. With so little evidence, many people started to believe the boys were innocent and that the girls, Bates and Price, had made up the whole story. In fact, when one boy fled to Michigan, they refused Alabama’s request for his return. Politically, money was also a factor. Court officials were tired of the state wasting money on the ongoing trials, especially when Bates came forward and