Scottsboro Boys trials of the 1930s

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civil rights case criminal trial series legal case miscarriage of justice

The Scottsboro Boys trials of the 1930s were a series of infamous criminal cases in Alabama in which nine Black teenagers were falsely accused of raping two white women, becoming a landmark episode in the history of racial injustice and civil rights in the United States.

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Scottsboro Boys trials 0
The Scottsboro Boys 4
Tom Robinson trial 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights case ⓘ
criminal trial series ⓘ
legal case ⓘ
miscarriage of justice ⓘ
charge rape ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
court Alabama state courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
defendant Andy Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charlie Weems NERFINISHED ⓘ
Clarence Norris NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eugene Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
Haywood Patterson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Olen Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ozie Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roy Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ
Willie Roberson NERFINISHED ⓘ
defenseOrganization International Labor Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ
NAACP NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime 1937 ⓘ
ethnicityOfAccusers white ⓘ
ethnicityOfDefendants African American ⓘ
hasPart first Scottsboro trial of 1931 ⓘ
retrial proceedings in Decatur ⓘ
influenced later civil rights litigation strategies ⓘ
initialSentence death ⓘ
initialVerdict guilty ⓘ
laterOutcome several convictions overturned ⓘ
some charges eventually dropped ⓘ
some defendants paroled ⓘ
legalIssue racial discrimination in jury selection ⓘ
right to effective counsel ⓘ
location Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject Scottsboro Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor exposing racial injustice in the U.S. legal system ⓘ
influencing the civil rights movement ⓘ
strengthening due process rights ⓘ
numberOfDefendants 9 ⓘ
placeOfArrest Paint Rock, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfFirstTrial Scottsboro, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedCase Norris v. Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
Powell v. Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
rememberedAs landmark episode in U.S. civil rights history ⓘ
reviewedBy Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1931 ⓘ
subsequentTrialLocation Decatur, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ
victimAccordingToCharges Ruby Bates NERFINISHED ⓘ
Victoria Price NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Powell v. Alabama → alsoKnownAs → Scottsboro Boys trials of the 1930s ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottsboro Boys case (first Supreme Court decision)
Scottsboro → hasHistoricEvent → Scottsboro Boys trials of the 1930s ⓘ
Colman → notableWork → Scottsboro Boys trials of the 1930s ⓘ
subject surface form: Colman Domingo
this entity surface form: The Scottsboro Boys
John Kander → notableWork → Scottsboro Boys trials of the 1930s ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Scottsboro Boys
Peter Hylenski → notableWork → Scottsboro Boys trials of the 1930s ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Scottsboro Boys
Susan Stroman → notableWork → Scottsboro Boys trials of the 1930s ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Scottsboro Boys
Powell v. Alabama → relatedTo → Scottsboro Boys trials of the 1930s ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottsboro Boys
Mayella Ewell → testifiesIn → Scottsboro Boys trials of the 1930s ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tom Robinson trial
Dill Harris → witnesses → Scottsboro Boys trials of the 1930s ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tom Robinson trial