The Scottsboro Boys

by Kieran Bryan·1 view·Updated Jan 18, 2023

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Hello, I'm Karen and this is my Scottsboro boys case.
The Scottsboro boys case is about a group of black teens
who are accused of raping two white women on a train.
Now these boys were put on trials that went on for a few years.
There were a lot of trials.
They were put in the prison system for many years as well,
even though they were in different train cars as the victims.
So how could a rape that happened if they weren't even there?
And one of the accusers even came out way later in the trials,
towards the end that she was never raped.
Who was a part of these trials, who were important?
The Scottsboro boys
were Haywood patterson, Olen Montgomery, Clarence, Norris, Willie Robinson,
Robertson, Andy Right, Ozzie Powell, Eugene, Williams, charlie,
Williams and Roy Right?
The two white women were victoria Price and ruby Bates.
When did this happen? When were the trials?
Now the boys were accused on March 25,, that was the day that this all happened.
Their first court trial was on April 6, 1931.
That went on until April nine of the same year.
The case was brought up to the Supreme Court on November 7, 1932.
On March 27,.
Whole year later, they ordered for new trials that went on until April 9, 1933.
The court had reversed the convictions on April 1, 1935,
a month later on March one Victoria price,
one of the accusers said that she was never raped.
The three boys who were not Pardon had been pardoned on November 21 of 2013.
Now, why
now the boys,
their reason for being on the train was because they were looking for work.
And most likely,
the reason why the two girls had accused them was because they were traveling for
immoral purposes, which was illegal at the time
since
they were under age.