John Powell

nine young boys, known as “The Scottsboro Boys”, spent their lives in and out of a courtroom and in a cell for a crime that today is known to have never taken place. On March 31, 1931 nine boys by the names of; Charles Weems, Clarence Norris, Ozie Powell, Olen Montgomery, Eugene Williams, Willie Roberson, Haywood Patterson, Andy Wright and youngest of them all, Roy Wright rode a train heading toward Alabama, they got into a fight with a group of white men that allegedly lead them to push the white

there isn’t proof to show it? This question is one of the many jurors have to ask themselves while making decisions in cases with purely circumstantial evidence. On March 25th 1931, Haywood Patterson, Clarence Norris, Andy Wright, Roy Wright, Ozzie Powell, Willie Roberson, Charles Weems, Eugene Williams, and Olen Montgomery- also known as the Scottsboro boys, were charged with rape by Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. The girls claimed to have been raped by the Scottsboro boys after fighting broke out

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. On the train the boys were evidently taken away by the sheriff, once Ruby told a posse member (sheriff/police) of

announced a verdict of death penalty within three hours. The third case was tried with five boys; Olin Montgomery, who was seventeen and nearly blind, Andy Wright (18 years old), Eugene Williams (17 years old), Willie Robeson (17 years old), and Ozie Powell, who was 16 years old. During this trial, Willie RObeson was suffering from a bad venereal disease, so it was pretty much impossible to rape somebody with that disease. However, the case went to the jury at four pm, and next morning, the verdict was

In 1931, nine African American boys were accused of raping two white women. The boy’s ages ranged from 12-20 years old. The names of the black boys were Roy Wright 12, Eugene Williams 13, Charlie Weems 16, Ozie Powell 16, Willie Roberson 16, Olen Montgomery 17, Haywood Patterson 18, Andy Wright 19, and Clarence Norris 19. The trial is notoriously known as The Scottsboro Boys Trial. While the trial is considered a key trial in America’s criminal justice system, it showed the injustice in the Jim

Scottsboro Boys Although the Great Depression of the 1930’s diminished the American economy, it did not alter the racist tendencies deeply ingrained within the South. One of the most notorious examples of such discrimination is the Scottsboro case; a case were nine black teenage boys were falsely arrested, imprisoned, and sentenced to death for the gang rape of two white women. On March 25th 1931, four black Chattanooga teenagers on a search for new government jobs and five other miscellaneous black

The final inspiration for the book is the Scottsboro trials. The Scottsboro trials were a series of court cases for nine black young men, who were falsely accused of raping two white women (Anderson). The grueling cases lasted for many years. The verdict of one of the first cases was the men were guilty. The case eventually made its was up to the Supreme Court where more evidence was discovered. Which was that the men were riding a train car to Alabama in 1931, while the women were on a completely

The Scottsboro Boys were 9 African-American boys between the ages of 12 and 19 who were accused of raping 2 white women. In March of 1931 a number of people were traveling on a freight train across Tennessee. A few white teenagers hopped off the train and reported that they had been attacked by a group of African-Americans. Two women claimed that the attackers had raped them. The Scottsboro Boys were taken off the train and arrested in Paint Rock, Alabama. During the Great Depression, riding on

The Supreme Court also observed that the defendants were not afforded the right of counsel including periods of consultation and the opportunity for effective preparation of their trial. The trial for Powell v. Alabama was commenced and adjudged in one day. Discussion In the deliberations of Powell v. Alabama, none of the white boys who were alleged to have been assaulted by the African-American youths were called to give their testimony. It was also noted by the court that news had reached the

True Injustice Prepared to see The Scottsboro Boys, I awaited in the view obstructed “row H” behind a mountain of curly red hair. Between my challenged vision, in pair with a simple wooden set which dragged into the theater, not much grabbed my attention. Oh, how wrong I would quickly prove to be. Boom! Like a firecracker on the Fourth of July, people, shouts, and cheers exploded into the room. My head swiveled in every direction, overwhelmed by the euphoric commotion that flooded into the theatre