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The Scottsboro Boys were nine black teenagers who were accused of raping two white women in Alabama.

The boys were named: Haywood Patterson,18,Clarence Norris,19,Andy Wright,19,Roy Wright,13,Ozzie Powell,15,Willie Roberson,16,Charles Weems,20,Eugene Williams,13,Olen Montgomery,17.

The youngest of the boys was 12.

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The two girls were 17 years old when they were on the train

The girls were dressed as boys and they hid in the train

After getting out of the train, the two girls accused the Scottsboro boys of rape.

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A fight occurred on a train between white and black hobos in 1931 in Alabama

The whites were thrown off of the train

The boys were charged with assault

Two women who were also on the train accused the men of raping them.

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Sentencing was held in Scottsboro, Alabama

Protests began in the north

A battle broke out between courts and the streets. Known as The Communist party

The boys were sentenced to death

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It was a common death punishment

It involved a mob and the person being punished would be hang

When the Scottsboro boys were being executed a protest began

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How were the women involved with the men

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How were the women involved with the men

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The women on the train had sexual relations with the white hobos that were thrown off.

They knew that if any black male was accused of rape they would certainly be lynched

The girls did not suffer severe injuries like they said

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The boys were going to be charged with assult, but when two white women were found hiding on the train

The women agreed to testify against the boys.

All but the youngest was executed.

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/sfeature/sf_women.html
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/scottsboro.html
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm