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Scottsboro Trails

By: KateLynn Moore, and Kira Schaitel

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Trial

4/6/1931 - 4/9/31

9 colored men were accused of raping 2 white women; trail was April, 6 http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSGzax4Y30LGSCxtEmMk1twXmC4ux7GRbZYx038b4tOyxLwt11Y:www.southernspaces.org/sites/southernspaces.org/files/images/2011/007-ss-11-espear_lg_1.jpg

Date of Executions

6/10/1931

On the date first set for their executions, the Scottsboro boys listen to the execution of Willie Stokes, the first of ten blacks to be executed at the prison over the next ten years. After hearing gruesome reports of the execution, many of the boys report nightmares or sleepless nights.

Excutions Pending

6/22/1931

Executions are stayed pending appeal to Alabama Supreme Court.

trails began

11/15/1932 - 11/16/1933

united states supreme court ordered new trials for the men; November, 1932. 1933 new trials finally began. http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRnhcBP0kQyqFTrss_tpj-bnjRzqBhMl6qPfmwAZ4hqyZqhvckvdw:departments.columbian.gwu.edu/americanstudies/sites/default/files/scottsboro.jpg

Haywood Patterson found guilty

4/9/1933

Haywood Patterson found guilty by jury and sentenced to death in the electric chair.

Judge Horton

6/12/1934

Judge Horton, who had faced no opposition in his previous race, is defeated in his bid for re-election.

Scottsboro convicstion

1/15/1935

The U. S. Supreme Court agrees to review the most recent Scottsboro convicstion.

Overturned

11/15/1935 - 11/16/1935

us supreme court overturned the convictions starting that the defendants were not given a jury of their peers, in this case, African Americans. http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQK9k6KBJFuS1NkUFeAQkACF7COQiMihqApHi3iQwqV5WQgimLR:bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/thedailysentinel.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/57/757dd048-51a7-11e0-baa4-001cc4c03286/4d83cfd189738.preview-300.jpg

Haywood Patterson sentenced in prison

1/23/1936

Haywood Patterson is convicted for a fourth time of rape and is sentenced to 75 years in prison.

Knigth dies

5/14/1937

Thomas Knight dies.

Conviction of Haywood

6/14/1937

Conviction of Haywood Patterson is upheld by the Alabama Supreme Court.

Haywood Upheld

6/14/37

Conviction of Haywood Patterson is upheld by the Alabama Supreme Court.

Governor Denies

11/15/1938

Governor Graves denies all pardon applications

Weems Parole

11/17/1938

Weems is released on parole

Charlie Weems is paroled.

9/15/1943

Charlie Weems is paroled.

Noris and Wright Leave

9/15/1944

Norris and Wright leave Montgomery in violation of their paroles.

Norris Returns

11/15/1944

Norris is returned to prison.

Wright Returns

10/15/1946

Andy Wright is returned to Kilby prison.

The Escape

7/15/1948

Haywood Patterson escapes from prison.

Arrest

6/15/1950

Andy Wright is paroled. FBI arrests Patterson, but Michigan's governor refuses extradition to Alabama.

Murder

12/15/1950

Patterson is involved in a barroom fight resulting in the death of another man. Haywood is charged with murder.

Patterson Sentenced

9/13/1951

Patterson is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 6 to 15 years.

Manslaughter

9/15/1951

Patterson is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 6 to 15 years. He dies of cancer less than a year later.

Patterson dies

8/12/1952

Patterson dies of cancer.

Roy dies

8/15/1959

Roy Wright dies.

October

10/15/1976

Clarence Norris is pardoned by Alabama Governor George Wallace.

Price's suit

7/15/1977

Victoria Price's suit against NBC for its movie "Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys," which she claimed defamed her and invaded her privacy, is dismissed. Price dies five years later.

The Last One Surviving

1/23/1989

Clarence Norris, the last surviving Scottsboro boy, dies at age 76.