The Scottsboro Boys
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Updated: 7 Jan 2019
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Created byJoanna Jamaica
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The Scottsboro Boys are arrestedA Grand Jury Indicts All Nine Scottsboro BoysThe case against Roy Wright, aged 13, ends in a hung jury when 11 jurors seek a death sentence, and one votes for life imprisonment.Periods
Clarence Norris and Charlie Weems Are Sentenced to DeathHaywood Patterson is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death.Olen Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Eugene Williams and Andy Wright are tried, convicted, and sentenced to death.Shocked by the speedy trials, the extreme youth of the defendants, and the severity of the sentences, progressive national organizations take up the Scottsboro case and call for the country to reject the "Alabama frame-up." The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the International Labor Defense (I.L.D.) court the defendants, their parents, and public opinion for the right to represent the young men in an appeal, and raise money for their defense.
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