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Bookmark or Share- Scottsboro Boys Trial and Defense Campaign (1931–1937) - BlackpastThe Scottsboro Boys were nine young black men, falsely accused of raping two white women on board a train near Scottsboro, Alabama in 1931.
- Scottsboro case | Racial Injustice, Jim Crow Laws, & Alabama - BritannicaScottsboro 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.
- Scottsboro Boys - WikipediaThe Scottsboro Boys were nine African American male teenagers accused of raping two white women in 1931. The landmark set of legal cases from this incident dealt with racism and the right to a fair trial. The cases included a lynch mob before the suspects had been indicted, all-white juries, rushed trials, and disruptive mobs.
- Scottsboro Boys: Trial, Case, Harper Lee & Names ‑ HISTORYThe Scottsboro Boys, nine Black teenagers accused of raping two white women on a train near Scottsboro, Alabama, in 1931, endured several lengthy court trials.
- The Scottsboro Boys: Legacy of Injustice | Office of Juvenile Justice ...Collectively, the "Scottsboro Boys" spent a total of 130 years in Alabama jails and prisons for a crime they did not commit. Over the ensuing decades, each of the eight teens—now men—was released from prison, but that false rape accusation effectively derailed their lives.
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