How Did Scottsboro Boys Changed America

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Not ot long ago African Americans were treated very poorly and were given no respect. On March 26, 1931 9 teenage boys were arrested for a crime that never happened. This essay will talk about what happened to the boys, how this impacted American society, and how it changed America forever. This boys were forced of the train they were riding in Scottsboro, Alabama and they were met by men with guns, arrested, and sent to jail with minor charges. Until, 2 girls hidden in the train were forced to say they were raped by all of the boys with knives and pistols they were put in court with a full white jury. The boys were given terrible defence attorneys and all except one of them, the youngest, was sentenced to death. They had another trial and this would be a repeating life for this boys for 6 years until they were saved from the death penalty but not till 20 years later when the last boy was released. According to the website www.famous-trials.com it says, ¨but it was another unforgivable thing to come to Alabama and attack on their social order and way of life.¨ The boys were put through all of this suffering for something that never happened and it wasn't because of …show more content…

This also began the forming of segregational groups. Most people helping the boys in the court hoped the decisions made in court would convince Alabama the case wasn’t worth the economic or political cost. This was a first time a black man convicted of rape had not been sentenced to death. According to the Website https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu it says, “succeeded in both highlighting the racism of the American legal system and in overturning the conviction.” The boys children could have had to deal with with racism. The world today could have segregation and it would be a completely different world today. The people that helped during this time period were probably

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