“How would you feel?” “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything” is a quote by Mark Twain. As you know, everything started on the Southern Railroad freight train going to Chattanooga. On this freight train there were two white girls, Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. Then nine African American boys got on the train. Price and Bates accused the boys of raping them. Now they went to court to figure out the truth. The nine boys that have assault and rape charges are Olen Montgomery, Clarence Norris, Haywood Patterson, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Charlie Williams, Andy Wright and Roy Wright. The Scottsboro boys did not do the crime they were convicted because the girls lied during their testimony. The Doctors showed in the reports that it was not rape. Also, the report shows Ruby had syphilis before the Scottsboro incident. The first reason the Scottsboro boys are innocent is that Victoria Price and Ruby Bates lied in their testimonies. During their testimonies there were a few spots the facts did not add up, but the most obvious place is when they were talking about the white boys that got on the train next to them.
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The doctor’s evidence proved differently and Ruby had syphilis before Scottsboro. As a member of the Scottsboro jury it is important to point out any little detail to make a truthful rule of the cause. All this evidence proves that the black boys had nothing to do with the white girls on the train. They all just went looking for work. These boys were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. For all we know one of the things that cause the most problems on caused it which is racism.” Racism springs from the lie that certain human beings are less than fully human. It’s a self-centered falsehood that corrupts our minds into believing we are right to treat others as we would not want to be treated” is by Alveda King that shows what could have caused all the
The doctor’s evidence proved differently and Ruby had syphilis before Scottsboro. As a member of the Scottsboro jury it is important to point out any little detail to make a truthful rule of the cause. All this evidence proves that the black boys had nothing to do with the white girls on the train. They all just went looking for work. These boys were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. For all we know one of the things that cause the most problems on caused it which is racism.” Racism springs from the lie that certain human beings are less than fully human. It’s a self-centered falsehood that corrupts our minds into believing we are right to treat others as we would not want to be treated” is by Alveda King that shows what could have caused all the