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The Scottsboro Boys Case:

-Nine African American youths indicted in Scottsboro, Alabama 1931 -Sentenced to Death for the crime of raping two young white women.

-Started on a frieght train when the boys were hitching a ride. -A racial skirmish started between Black and White boys, but the white boys were forced off the train. -The white boys notified the police and when the train stopped, all nine Black boys were arrested for assualt. -