Pre- Arrest
The freight train cordoning the Scottsboro Boys departed from this American city, which is also the birthplace of Samuel L. Jackson (actor who graduated from the greatest academic institution on earth, Morehouse College).
What is Chattanooga?
The president judge, Judge Hawkins, appointsed Stephen Roddy, a Tennessee lawyer, as the lawyer for the Scottsboro Boys. Roddy was known for this chronic disease (which has also plagued Drew Barrymore, Ben Affleck, and Robert Downey, Jr.)
What is alcoholism?
During the first criminal trials, Clarence Norris testified against the boys with this criminal facts.
What is "the women raped, but he wasn't involved"?
During the second criminal, this darling witness recanted her testimony.
Who is Ruby Bates?
The battle between the Melians and Athenians during the Peloponnesian War was memorialized by this Greek Historian.
Who is Thucydides?
The Scottsboro Boys were arrested in this American town, whose name elicits artistry and studiness.
What is Paint Rock?
Before trial, the Scottsboro boys were allowed to contact these family members, also the favorite numerical of the best player on the Boston Celtics.
What is zero?
During the first criminal trials (they boys were tried in groups), the doctors testified to these two key facts regarding the nonexistent of physical evidence.
What are (1) no physical injuries; and (2) no recent sperm.
After the first criminal trial, the Scottsboro Boys' representation was based on these two main factors - which are two which are in the title of the Yonkers-based rap group, The Lox, 1998 song?
What are 1) money and 2) respect?
This "cousin" of William Lockwood had a store where Elijah's confrontation first occurred.
Who is Charlie Fields?
The Scottsboro Boys hailed from these two states, one known for its peaches and the other for its good ole' whiskey.
What are Georgia and Tennessee?
The trial is set to start with number of dates after the Scottsboro are arrested, also the numerical apex of a jumping jingle.
What is 12 days?
After the first criminal trials, this number of Scottsboro were sentenced to death.
What is 8?
This powerful attorney withdrew from legal representation on the appeal of the criminal trial because he refused to severe his relationship with the NAACP.
Who is Clarence Darrow?
What is U.S. Steele and cole?
While the Scottsboro boys are whisked off to jail, the sheriff sends the two complaining women to this diagnostic guru.
Who is the doctor?
Roy White, the youngest Scottsboro, was granted a mistrial for this reason.
What is the jury couldn't agree on the sentence.
The Community Party used the guilty verdict from the first trial to organize this important political base.
What are black sharecroppers?
This U.S. Supreme Court case concered the 1872 gubernatorial election in Louisiana where, after wards, White Democrats set the courthouse on fire and killed approximately 100 Black Republicans.
What is U.S. v. Cruikshank?
After the criminal trial, these two organizations were in competition over who would provide legal representation to the Scottsboro Boys on appeal.
Who are the NAACP and the Community Party?
The Communist Party framed the Scottsboro Boys' sentence as this form of extrajudicial damnation, which likely resonated with Missouri Republican Representative Leonidas C. Dyer.
What is lynching?
Today, the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act) is called this "Section" by policy makers.
What is Section 1983?