Scottsboro Boys Trial

People Involved

100

Name one of the nine boys in the trial

Haywood Patterson, Clarence Norris, Charles Weems, Andy Wright, Roy Wright, Olen Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, and Eugene Williams

200

Name one of the accusers

Ruby Bates and Victoria Price

300

Name the defense attorney

Samuel Leibowitz

Basic Facts

100

This Southern U.S. state is where the Scottsboro Boys were arrested and put on trial

Alabama

200

This was the decade when the Scottsboro Boys trials first took place

The 1930s

300

This is the number of young Black defendants who became known as the “Scottsboro Boys"

Nine

Court and Impact

100

This highest court in the United States heard parts of the Scottsboro case and ruled that the boys’ rights had been violated

U.S. Supreme Court

200

The Supreme Court said that Black people could not be excluded from this group anymore, which helped make juries fairer

Jury service / Jury pools / Juries

300

This amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to a fair trial and a lawyer, which the Scottsboro Boys were denied at first.

Sixth Amendment