The Scottsboro Boys were nine African American teenagers who were accused(falsely) of raping two white women on a train ride from Chattanooga to Memphis Tennessee in 1931. The case was a landmark moment in African American liberation and rights. The boys were traveling on a freight train when police stopped the train upon hearing that African Americans were attacking white travelers. When they opened up the train car, they discovered two white women were traveling with the boys. The women accused the boys of raping them. The boys were arrested and put on trial for rape. All but one were sentenced to death after rushed trails with poor legal representation. There was national outcry from African American communities everywhere to give the
