Scottsboro Trials
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Crime, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Court Cases, Rulings, Appeals, Trials, Judges, Lawyers, Discrimination, Prejudice
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, African American History
- Geographical Location: Alabama
- Date: March 25, 1931-July, 1937
Article abstract: Trials of nine young African Americans for rape mirrors both entrenched Southern bigotry and anti-liberal sentiments.
Summary of Event
On March 25, 1931, nine African American boys were pulled off a freight train in Scottsboro, Alabama, after an alleged fight with a group of white youths. As the African Americans were being rounded up by sheriff’s deputies, two women riders told onlookers that they had been raped by the entire group. Within a month, the boys were tried in Scottsboro, and eight of them were convicted and sentenced to...
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