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22 de feb. de 2018 · The Scottsboro Boys, nine Black teenagers accused of raping two white women on a train near Scottsboro, Alabama, in 1931, endured several lengthy court trials.
13 de nov. de 2014 · Originally published in 1969, Dan T. Carter’s Scottsboro: A Tragedy of the American South was the first book-length account of the now infamous story of the Scottsboro Boys. In March of 1931, nine young African-American men, ranging in age from thirteen to twenty years old, were falsely accused of raping two white women on a train ...
Scottsboro case, major U.S. civil rights controversy of the 1930s surrounding the prosecution in Scottsboro, Alabama, of nine Black youths falsely accused of raping two white women. The nine, after nearly being lynched, were brought to trial in Scottsboro in April 1931, just three weeks after their arrests.
By the time the train reached Paint Rock, Alabama, the Scottsboro Boys were met with an angry mob and charged with assault. Victoria Price and Ruby Bates, two white women who were also riding the freight train, faced charges of vagrancy and illegal sexual activity.
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy | Article The Scottsboro Accusers. In 1931, Ruby Bates and Victoria Price falsely accused nine black youths of rape.
2 de abr. de 2001 · Scottsboro: An American Tragedy. In March 1931, a freight train crowded with homeless and jobless hoboes left Chattanooga, Tennessee, bound for points west. A short time after it crossed into...
1 de dic. de 2001 · Above all, Scottsboro was a tragedy of nine young men, ranging in age from 13 to 19, whose lives were destroyed by the lying allegations of two white women; the last of the “Scottsboro boys” did not gain his freedom for almost twenty years.
