Kyle Wade
Taylor Host
Jeremy Gorby
Jason Clark
Background
 Hobos were extremely
popular during the
depression witch is how the
Scottsboro Trials came to be.
 This began March 25, 1931
because two white women
attempted to wrongly convict
nine black men accused of
Daily Worker. 1932. Photograph. Scottsboro headline, 1932. ,
Chicago. Web. 18 Nov 2013.
rape.
 A fight broke out on the
freight train, and the whites
were thrown off the train.
*Continued
 They were going to be
Lyman, Brian. Supporters of Scottsboro
Boys want airtight case. 2013.
Photograph. n.p. Web. 18 Nov 2013.
charged with assault until two
white women dressed as
males were discovered.
 The women who had
“relations” with the white
males were afraid that the
police would discover the
truth, so, they claimed rape
against the nine black men.
 The nine young men were
being tried for rape and
eventually charged with rape.
*Continued
 In 1932 the court system over
Frankel, Tony. 2013. Photograph. n.p. Web. 18 Nov 2013.
ruled the conviction due to false
evidence on the defendant.
 The state later tried one of the
boys, Haywood Patterson, and he
was convicted a second time.
Though, the judge believed the
fact that he did not commit the
crime accused.
 The state again tried another of
the boys, and, he was sentenced
to death. Then the court overruled
the sentence, stating that they
excluded blacks from jurries.
*Continued
 They again tried the first boy, Haywood
Patterson, and sentenced him to 75 years in
prison.
 Alabama released the four youngest of the boys,
who served six years of prison, and later paroled
all but Patterson.
 Patterson escaped from prison and found his
way up to Michigan, where in three years he was
convicted for manslaughter and died in prison.
 The last known survivor later went to the north
in 1946 after his parole , and was granted a full
pardon by the Albanian governor in ‘76.
Newspaper Article
 During the boys’
Daily Worker. 1932. Photograph. Scottsboro
headline, 1932. , Chicago. Web. 18 Nov 2013.
trials they had
many encounters
for publicity, this
is one of many.
 After it was
discovered they
were innocent
many movies
were made.
Some movies and a song
related
 Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
 Landmark American Trials: The Scottsboro
Boys
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uFv23JH
aBI
Main Dates
 March 25-30, 1931– the boys were arrested on
assault charges.
 July 5, 1938 – their death sentences were
reduced to prison.
 The official ending date is a blur because they
all ended at different times.
Works Cited
Frankel, Tony. 2013. Photograph. n.p. Web. 18
Nov 2013.
 Daily Worker. 1932. Photograph. Scottsboro
headline, 1932. , Chicago. Web. 18 Nov 2013.
 Lyman, Brian. Supporters of Scottsboro Boys
want airtight case. 2013. Photograph. n.p.
Web. 18 Nov 2013.
 . PBS, n.d. Web. 18 Nov 2013.
<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories
_events_scotts.html>.