By: Erica Schnippel William Whitten Russell Saputo Benjamin Welihan

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By: Erica Schnippel William Whitten Russell Saputo Benjamin Welihan Scottsboro Boys By: Erica Schnippel William Whitten Russell Saputo Benjamin Welihan

Who were the Scottsboro Boys? 9 black teenage boys who allegedly raped two white girls on March 25, 1931

The Trial The trial date was April 7, 1931 12 days after the alleged rape Took place in the courtroom of Judge A.E. Hawkins

NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP were on the defendant side of the Scottsboro Boys Trial

Communist Party The Communist Party saw the case as a great recruiting tool among southern blacks and northern liberals Through its legal arm the labor defense pronounced the case against the boys as a “murderous frame-up” They began efforts to be named as their attorneys.

Defense Lawyers The defense lawyers cared more about their own benefits then the boys welfare They didn’t have any connetions with the boys They were in it for the money

Works Cited http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_acct.html Edsiyeement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/kill-mockingbird-and-scottsboro-boys-trial-profile

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