The Scottsboro Trial: A Timeline

The story of the Scottsboro Boys was a decade-spanning struggle involving an endless parade of trials, verdicts, appeals, and Supreme Court rulings. It sparked an international uproar and produced two landmark U.S. Supreme Court verdicts, forcing the defendants to spend years battling the courts while enduring the harsh conditions of the Alabama prison system. This timeline highlights the many twists and turns of the Scottsboro trial as the nation looked on. 

PBS American Experience. "The Scottsboro Trial: A Timeline." Accessed Dcember 12, 2019. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/scottsboronine-black-youth-arrested-for-assault/.