The Scottsboro trials were a horrific event in the USA’s history. The incident occurred when a group of black and white men got in a fight on a train while two other white women were on board. Most of the white men were thrown off the train during the trip. When the train arrived at Point Rock, Alabama nine black men, one white man, and the two women were arrested for riding the rails. The two women-who were known prostitutes-claimed that the black men raped them. Thus only 12 days after the incident a trial began (Johnson).The first trial lasted only one day for all nine boys. They were all found unrightfully guilty due to the racism of the time. All of the evidence pointed toward them being innocent; such as the boys not being in the same
