People
Locations
Why?
Trial
Random
100
How many boys were arrested?
9
100
What state is Scottsboro in?
Alabama
100
Why did most people ride the freight train?
They were unemployed and looking for work.
100
When were the boys first appointed their original lawyers?
The morning of the trial.
100
Was Samuel Liebowitz white?
Yes
200
Who accused the boys?
Ruby Bates and Victoria Price
200
Where was the freight train?
Jackson County
200
Why were the accused boys called the "Scottsboro Boys"?
The first jail they were put into was in Scottsboro.
200
In 1937 how many African American teens become free?
4
200
The lawyer from Cornell Law School lost his first case in how many years?
15 years
300
Who was the youngest boy?
Leroy Wright
300
What city were the trials held in?
Scottsboro
300
Why weren't the boys properly represented in court in the first trial?
They were given new lawyers who didn't care for the outcome of the trial.
300
___ out of 9 Scottsboro boys were paroled.
3
300
What was the age range in the nine African American teens?
13- 19 years old
400
Who represented the boys in the final trials?
Samuel Liebowitz
400
Where was the final trial held in?
Supreme Court
400
Why were the boys originally arrested?
They were arrested for minor charges due to a fight on the freight train.
400
Who dies in prison because of cancer?
Haywood Patterson
400
African Americans are ___ times likely to be searched by the police.
3
500
How many boys knew each other before the arrest?
4
500
Where did Samuel Liebowitz attend Law School?
Cornell Law School
500
Why did Ruby Bates and Victoria Price accuse the boys?
They were prostitutes and didn't want to get in trouble for crossing state lines.
500
Who later recanted their accusation against the boys?
Ruby Bates
500
Who is this?
Olen Montgomery