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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 a

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    Depression, nine African American boys faced what is now known as one of America’s most tragic trails in history. These young boys were accused of raping two white girls while riding a train through Alabama. This 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

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    The Scottsboro Boys Have you ever heard of the Scottsboro Boys or wondered about the early Jim Crow South? Well, the Scottsboro Boys were a group of black youths that got into a fight with white boys in a freight car on a train going from Chattanooga, TN south to Alabama. After the white boys told officers about the fight, the Boys were taken into custody. Then two white girls that were on the train accused the black youths of rape and they were officially arrested. The story of the Scottsboro Boys

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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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    Nigiste Abdi Ethnic Studies 101 Scottsboro Boys Summary 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

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    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 doctor

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    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, they went to ride the train. However, they were caught for a small charge. The officers that caught the boys, found two white women named Ruby Bates

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    The Scottsboro boys consisted of nine young men, from the ages of twelve to twenty, living in Scottsboro, Alabama during the 1930s. The racial injustice in South Alabama was at an all time high during this decade. While the public derived various opinions on the boy’s innocence or guilt, the Scottsboro Boys Trials presented a blatantly obvious verdict. On March 31st, 1935, a diverse group of desperate people, whites and blacks, were riding on a freight train in search of jobs or work. The incident

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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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    The scottsboro boys were a group of young black boys on a train.Then they got into a fight with a couple white boys on the train and threw them off . Next two young white woman that were also riding the train said they raped them and sent the boys were sent to court. The central ideas of justice develop throughout the book by when the boys are first put on trial to when the boys are released or died.Based on the definition of justice and my beliefs justice means that everyone gets the same thing

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