The Scottsboro Boys

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

this is the case of the Scottsboro Boys and how they were accused of rape and had to go to court numerous times, almost everytime ending in the death sentence. The evidence in the case clearly points towards the innocence of the Scottsboro boys, evidence such as unclear stories from the girls, lack of bruises and marks indicating assault as well as a previous history of prostitution from both of the girls. This evidence helps to prove that Charles Weems and the Scottsboro boys were innocent and wrongly

The crime of rape allegedly committed by nine black teenagers in the early spring of 1931 tested the American legal system for both justice and racism. All nine—later known as the Scottsboro Boys—were falsely accused of raping two white women—Ruby Bates and Victoria Price. The nine young teenagers—Andy Wright, Willie Roberson, Charles Weems, Ozie Powell, Olen Montgomery, Eugene Williams, Haywood Patterson, Clarence Norris and Leroy Wright—were given guilty verdicts and tried for their lives. All

The Scottsboro Boys were a group of nine boys who were wrongfully sentenced from 1931-1937 and not proven innocent until 1977 to a tedious life of trials and prison, tribulations and death. Everything started when the nine boys set off on a southern railroads train heading towards Memphis from Chattanooga, looking for honest work. They started a little scuffle with the white teenagers in the train until eventually a white boy called the conductor, who in turn called the police. Despite the whites

The Scottsboro Boys case took place at the Scottsboro, Alabama town on March 25, 1931. This case had involved a group of black adolescents who, after such situation was best known as the Scottsboro boys. To be specific, these boys who were involved in this case were Clarence Norris, Olen Montgomery, Andy Wright, Roy Wright, Eugene Williams, Charlie Weems, Willie Robertson, Haywood Patterson, and Ozzie Powell. These guys were unfairly judged to have raped two white girls. While these teenagers were

January 22, 2017 Eight black boys have been arrested on charges of rape. Their names are Clarence Norris, Charlie Weems, Haywood Patterson, Olen Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Eugene Williams, and Andy Wright. The first trial has ended with the predictable verdict of guilty for the Scottsboro boys, excluding Haywood. The second trial will commence tomorrow. Apparently, the boys were “hoboing” a freight train when a group of white men attempted to drive the boys out. Hoboing is taking a free

and eventually pushed the men off. When the train made a stop in Paint Rock, Alabama on March 25, 1931, two white women, Victoria Price and Ruby Bates, convicted the nine boys of rape. They made claims that the boys held them down and raped them. The boys went on trial in Scottsboro, Alabama, and were named the Scottsboro Boys. The first trial, they were all found guilty and sentenced to death. In trial two, they were again found

The Scottsboro Boys were 9 African-American boys between the ages of 12 and 19 who were accused of raping 2 white women. In March of 1931 a number of people were traveling on a freight train across Tennessee. A few white teenagers hopped off the train and reported that they had been attacked by a group of African-Americans. Two women claimed that the attackers had raped them. The Scottsboro Boys were taken off the train and arrested in Paint Rock, Alabama. During the Great Depression, riding on

massive discussions of racial inequality across America was the famous trial of the Scottsboro boys, nine African American boys who were the victims of a false accusation of the rape of two white girls. The alleged rapes occurred on March 25th, 1931. Due to the Great Depression, “hoboing” or riding freight trains free was common at the time, and the train’s passengers - two white girls, four white boys, and nine black boys who did not know each other - were all illegally onboard. Around halfway through

The Scottsboro Boys The Scottsboro Boys trial was an important piece of history because it was a big part and steeping stone of the Civil Rights movement, it also showed a great example of racial inequality. No crime in American history-- let alone a crime that never occurred-- produced as many trials, convictions, reversals, and retrials as did an alleged gang rape of two white girls by nine black teenagers on a Southern Railroad freight run on March 25, 1931. On the night of March 25th, 1931