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Scottsboro Boys

Scottsboro Boys. By: Erica Schnippel William Whitten Russell Saputo Benjamin Welihan. Who were the Scottsboro Boys ?. 9 black teenage boys who allegedly raped two white girls on March 25, 1931. The Trial. The trial date was April 7, 1931 12 days after the alleged rape

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Scottsboro Boys

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  1. Scottsboro Boys By: Erica Schnippel William Whitten Russell Saputo Benjamin Welihan

  2. Who were the Scottsboro Boys? 9 black teenage boys who allegedly raped two white girls on March 25, 1931

  3. The Trial • The trial date was April 7, 1931 • 12 days after the alleged rape • Took place in the courtroom of Judge A.E. Hawkins

  4. NAACP • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People • NAACP were on the defendant side of the Scottsboro Boys Trial

  5. Communist Party • The Communist Party saw the case as a great recruiting tool among southern blacks and northern liberals • Through its legal arm the labor defense pronounced the case against the boys as a “murderous frame-up” • They began efforts to be named as their attorneys.

  6. Defense Lawyers • The defense lawyers cared more about their own benefits then the boys welfare • They didn’t have any connetions with the boys • They were in it for the money

  7. Works Cited • http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_acct.html • Edsiyeement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/kill-mockingbird-and-scottsboro-boys-trial-profile

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