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    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

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    Scottsboro case was at first led on March 25, 1931, in Scottsboro Alabama. The case included dark young people who later ended up noticeably celebrated as Scottsboro Boys. Young men included Clarence Norris, Olen Montgomery, Andy Wright, Willie Robertson, Ozie Powell, Eugene Williams, Charlie Weems, Roy Wright and Haywood Patterson. The named dark young people were dishonestly charged to have posse assaulted two white ladies. This case wound up plainly a standout amongst the most disputable and confounded

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    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

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    accusation brought forth a mob of white people in the town of Scottsboro. The boys spent years on trial for this. The first trial was thought to have been the final convention, little did they know it was only the beginning. A second trial was held for the nine boys that shook the entire nation. After the second trial a third one was held after the judge suspected that the evidence was not properly examined. The nine young boys, known as “The Scottsboro Boys”, spent their lives in and out of a courtroom and

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    The Scottsboro Trial

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    Paper How did the Scottsboro Trials change the face of racism in the 1930's? In the past people have been treated differently just because of the pigment of their skin. The Scottsboro boys were treated like this and were falsely accused of crime by white people. They faced many years of white bias, but they continued to fight for what they believed in. They fought the clutches of racism and poverty just like Tom Robinson did in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. The Scottsboro Trials relate to the

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    The Scottsboro Trial

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    The Scottsboro Trials were among the largest legal injustices in the South. The events that started 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. The cases were tried and appealed in Alabama and twice argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. The state pursued the case and all-white juries delivered guilty verdicts that initially carried the death penalty. Several of the accused were sentenced to prison terms and all

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    The Scottsboro Trials

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    The Scottsboro trials happened in the 1931 and dragged on for years. These cases were solely based on the prejudice surrounding blacks and gender. The cases presented in the Scottsboro Film represented the fight for justice. Nine boys were wrongfully arrested and imprisoned for years while society used these young black mens oppression to further its own agenda.These cases ruined the life of nine young men but they also helped make dramatic, vital changes in the criminal justice system and the constitution

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    Scottsboro Boys

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    During the years of the 1930’s, the Scottsboro Boys and Tom Robinson went to court due to an alleged rape of a white female. Throughout the events that took place in both cases, Harper Lee repeatedly presented examples of racism and prejudice. Between the court cases of both Tom Robinson and “The Scottsboro Boys,” many of the featured characters’ actions and reactions were similar in responding to the weak evidence. In the story of the Scottsboro Boys, the boys were arrested due to a brawl with

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    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 between them and a group of white men. The alleged crime happened on a train, during that time period hoboing- travelling by train in search of jobs, was incredibly popular. Key witnesses to this trial were the Scottsboro boys, the 15 white men on the train, Dr. R. R. Bridges- the

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    Charlie Weems, Ozie Powell, Clarence Norris, Olen Montgomery, Willie Roberson, Haywood Patterson, Eugene Williams, and Andrew and Leroy Wright were the nine, black, young men known as the Scottsboro boys. These boys were sadly accused of raping two white women on a train. It was near Scottsboro, Alabama, in 1931. Not only were these poor boys accused, but eight out of the nine were sentenced to death. It started with these nine boys, that had no job, and were searching for work. So, illegally

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