mar 7, 1931 - Ruby Bates & Victoria Price

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Nine African American teens were arrested and within two weeks, were tried, convicted and sentenced to death after Bates and Price accused them of rape on a train. The last of the nine innocent men walked free in 1950 after work by the NAACP and the International Labor Defense.

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Monumental Race Cases

ByRuby Rwayitare

12 Jul 2021

178

Date:

mar 7, 1931

Now

~ 94 years ago

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