On March 25th, 1931, 9 African American boy’s lives were soon to be negatively changed as they boarded a train going to Memphis. On the outside, the Scottsboro case looks as though it was simply another sexual assault case. The gravity of the case due the race of the perpetrators was large; few seemed to fully comprehend this. Willie Roberson, aged 16, along with 8 other African American boys was accused of sexual assault by Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. The people of Alabama should conclude that William Roberson is innocent of any form of sexual assault using the information regarding Roberson’s physical health, Price and Bates physical health, and the location of each of the people involved on the train.
Admittedly, William Roberson is
Admittedly, William Roberson is