Group+4--Scottsboro+Boys+Tribute

Group 4--Scottsboro Boys TributeGroup 4--Scottsboro Boys Tribute Sammy Hansel,Kanisha Hutchinson, Taylor Happel, Alex Allsup

ScottsBoro Boys Tribute. __**Summary**__

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**On March 25th, 1931, Victoria Price (age 19) and Ruby Bates (age 17) claimed that they were raped by 9 African American men on a Memphis bound train. These nine boys were arrested and charged with the crime. The names listed are the names of the young boys arrested, Haywood Patterson, Charles Weems, Clarence Norris, Andy Wright, Ozzie Powell, Olen Montgomery, Eugene Williams, and Willie Roberson. After 3 days all nine men were found guilty. Eight of them were sentenced to death and one whom was 13 years old was sentenced to a life time in prison. Samuel Leibowitz was their attorney for this case and when it came time to ask Victoria Price questions he dug deep into the case. He got a model of the train and asked her which car she had been on and she played dumb and told him that she wasn't on that train because it was too small. He later found out that she had just been with her boyfriend before she got on the train and they had intercourse. Ruby Bates (age 17) had a tough childhood with a drunk for a dad and a prostitute mother. Her father would was put in jail for whipping her brother. After the trial Ruby wrote a letter to her boyfriend saying that the girls were not raped. Victoria Price (age 19) was a hard headed woman that was the farthest thing from lady like. After the trial Roy told Leibowitz that he wanted to be a lawyer or a teacher. He joined the army, got married, and got a job with a merchant marine. In 1959 he thought his wife cheated him while he was away. So he decided to shoot and kill his wife and then he killed himself. Charles Weem after his release in 1943 moved back to Atlanta. He married and got a job at a laundry place. In 1976 Clarence got a pardon from Govenor George Wallace. Andy was the last boy to be free. On June 6, 1950 he left prison for good. Ozzie left for Georgia after his release. Olen was released in 1937. Eugene had his charges dropped in July 1937. Willie suffered from asthma while in jail and his conditions were so bad he said he would rather have the electric chair.** ======

Group Opinion We have a strong opinion about the Scottsboro Boys Trial. Our opinion was that the girls only started this ordeal because they wanted fame and just felt like getting a bunch of African American boys in trouble so they couldn’t take jobs from then girls. The boys had a unfair trial and deserved a trial just as good as a white man in the south. It was unconstitutional that they were stuck with a real state man for their attorney. The boys should not have been discriminated by their color, or had the stereotype that all they wanted to do is rape white women. Yes, they some African Americans may have had that fantasy but not all African Americans were like that. They just got the stereotype for all African Americans being that way. African Americans these days still have slight problems like they did back then but they don’t have that stereotype, white men have just as big of possibility of being a rapist as a African American. African Americans have a fair trial and have the option to have a speedy trial also. Back then, they sat in a jail cell listening to all the whites bad mouthing them, when they should have been granted a speedy trial just like every other white male. Racism was a cruel event, and it still happens today but you rarely see it.

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