The Scottsboro Trails took place in the 1930’s and were very much unfair. We can see this through the original accusation. Police officers showed up to the train for the original call of a fight breaking out between two groups of black and white men (Anderson). While questioning people on the train, out of nowhere, two women accused the black men of raping them (Anderson). Actuations led to these young black men being arrested and put on trail. The defense for the men was very strong; all the evidence pointed to them not raping these two women (Anderson). Evidence including one of the women recanting her accusation. She said that they made it all up because they were partaking in illegal activity, and didn’t want to get caught (Anderson). Another
