Scottsboro Boys trials of the 1930s

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The Scottsboro Boys trials of the 1930s were a series of infamous criminal cases in Alabama in which nine Black teenagers were falsely accused of raping two white women, becoming a landmark episode in the history of racial injustice and civil rights in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights case ⓘ
criminal trial series ⓘ
legal case ⓘ
miscarriage of justice ⓘ
charge rape ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Alabama state courts ⓘ
linked to: Alabama courts
defendant Andy Wright ⓘ
Charlie Weems ⓘ
Clarence Norris ⓘ
Eugene Williams ⓘ
Haywood Patterson ⓘ
Olen Montgomery ⓘ
Ozie Powell ⓘ
Roy Wright ⓘ
Willie Roberson ⓘ
defenseOrganization International Labor Defense ⓘ
NAACP ⓘ
endTime 1937 ⓘ
ethnicityOfAccusers white ⓘ
ethnicityOfDefendants African American ⓘ
hasPart first Scottsboro trial of 1931 ⓘ
retrial proceedings in Decatur ⓘ
influenced later civil rights litigation strategies ⓘ
initialSentence death ⓘ
initialVerdict guilty ⓘ
laterOutcome several convictions overturned ⓘ
some charges eventually dropped ⓘ
some defendants paroled ⓘ
legalIssue racial discrimination in jury selection ⓘ
right to effective counsel ⓘ
location Alabama ⓘ
mainSubject Scottsboro Boys ⓘ
notableFor exposing racial injustice in the U.S. legal system ⓘ
influencing the civil rights movement ⓘ
strengthening due process rights ⓘ
numberOfDefendants 9 ⓘ
placeOfArrest Paint Rock, Alabama ⓘ
placeOfFirstTrial Scottsboro, Alabama ⓘ
linked to: Scottsboro
relatedCase Norris v. Alabama ⓘ
Powell v. Alabama ⓘ
rememberedAs landmark episode in U.S. civil rights history ⓘ
reviewedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
startTime 1931 ⓘ
subsequentTrialLocation Decatur, Alabama ⓘ
timePeriod Great Depression ⓘ
victimAccordingToCharges Ruby Bates ⓘ
Victoria Price ⓘ

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