The Scottsboro Boys Trial
Hello your honor, I am Jason Taylor the lawyer representing our 9 young black men who are being accused of raping two white women. On March 25, 1931, nine unemployed young black men, were riding on the train illegally because they couldn't afford it, they were looking for work. When a fight broke out against a group of black and white men, and the whites men were taken off the train. They ended up reporting the incident to the stationmaster, who called the cops to stop the train at a town called Paint Rock. Many armed men picked up nine black young men and took them to jail. They were held in Alabama on a minor charge. The Scottsboro police found two white women also, Ruby Bates and Victoria Price, and pressured them
Hello your honor, I am Jason Taylor the lawyer representing our 9 young black men who are being accused of raping two white women. On March 25, 1931, nine unemployed young black men, were riding on the train illegally because they couldn't afford it, they were looking for work. When a fight broke out against a group of black and white men, and the whites men were taken off the train. They ended up reporting the incident to the stationmaster, who called the cops to stop the train at a town called Paint Rock. Many armed men picked up nine black young men and took them to jail. They were held in Alabama on a minor charge. The Scottsboro police found two white women also, Ruby Bates and Victoria Price, and pressured them