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

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

3. 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

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

5. 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.

6. 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

7. Works Cited
Edsiyeement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/kill-mockingbird-and-scottsboro-boys-trial-profile