History Of The Civil Rights Trial: An Unfair Trial

On March 30th, 1931 nine young African american men were falsely convicted of raping two white women. This trial had no justice because not only did the defendants not have any witnesses, but the jury was all white, and they had an incompetent lawyer. On March 25th, 1931 nine unemployed African American men caught a train to Memphis in hope of finding employment. Once the train had crossed over Alabama’s border a fight broke out between the boys and other passengers who were white. The white passengers were eventually ejected from the train. The white passengers that were ejected from the bus and reported that they had been assaulted. Men with their guns rushed to the train and tied the boys together and took them to a racially segregated jail. When the boys were gone the women then began to make accusations that they had been raped by the nine boys with no solid evidence. The trial was unfair because …show more content…
The lawyer was very unprepared nor was he familiar with any of the Alabama laws. If the boys had legitimate lawyer then the girls inconsistent testimony would have easily been detected. Obviously no one cared that the girls were lying they just simply wanted the boys dead. If the situation actually occurred then the story should remain solid. The lawyer didn 't care for the boys. He was not interested into their well being. The lawyer didn 't want to get involved. If the boys were dead are alive it didn 't matter to him. A real lawyer could tell that the girls were unreliable. If the story that first told doesn 't remain solid then there is no truth to anything that has been told. Considering that the lawyer was white he wasn 't going to revolt against other whites. Everyone deserves a fair representation no matter. It was unfair to give the women fair representation and leave the black boys helpless. The only intentions the lawyers had along with the others was to support the white