Price? In it, she admitted that her rape claim was a sham (Paragraph 9) Alabamas jury selection process was inherently racially skewed and violated Norris fourteenth amendment right. (Paragraph 12) The legal proceedings continued for several years. After 1937, four of the defendants were in prison for rape, one for assault and four others had been let free. Stanford, CA 94305 Several weeks after their arrest, in early April 1931, the nine were divided into four groups for trial. Q Where was the first place you met up with them when to describe him. on Monday afternoon before we left on Tuesday. The nine Scottsboro Boys were each charged with rape. Q The Attorney General asked that you describe him, Scottsboro: An American Tragedy | People & Events - PBS (Credit: Wikipedia), Walter White, executive secretary of the NAACP (Credit: Library of Congress), Criminal defense lawyer Clarence Darrow is seen outside the White House in Washington, D.C., in this 1927 photo. In his charge to the jury, Judge Horton described both women as poor witnesses who contradicted their own stories. Phone:650-723-1994, For general inquiries:gender-email [at] stanford.edu, Honoring our Founders: Beth Garfield and Cynthia Russell, Breaking the Culture of Sexual Assault Symposium, The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Transgender Community, and What You Can Do About It. Q Before you saw me here just a minute ago had you What was the image of Black men that the Scottsboro case met head-on? I did not want to burn any person that wasn't guilty? Describe Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. returned to Alabama in the 1960's. Retried again in January 1936, Patterson was convicted, and this time received a sentence of 75 years in prison. Shy, inarticulate, and insecure, Bates was a poor liar. <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> Exclusive Corporate Funding is provided by. On board with them were approximately twenty black teenage boys and young men who were also hitching rides on the train. She appeared After her testimony, Ruby was taken from the courtroom and hidden by several National Guardsmen. They are the only white family in the block. Ransdell produced a detailed and nuanced report. Dr. Walker you didn't also have gonorrhea. saw him?" Q Have you ever seen me before in your life? Q I will ask you if you haven't got syphilis. trial. South Carolina v. Gathers. & N railroad there? the city. 124 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<866D4CD53773BF408A75B2022CD034DA><99F13BFEFBE3B241BF9871B268E9E9E7>]/Index[110 26]/Info 109 0 R/Length 79/Prev 728900/Root 111 0 R/Size 136/Type/XRef/W[1 2 1]>>stream A No sir, not at that time. sir.". Today, most Americans understand rape more broadly than they did in the years before Scottsboro. 4. %PDF-1.5 Cose was the inaugural writer in residence for the ACLU. The NAACP believed in quietly working through the system: They are most anxious to try to avoid antagonizing Southern prejudice., Ransdell reported that the NAACPs Walter White had gotten four of the defendants to agree to NAACP representation and warned the defendants parents that it meant electrocution for their sons to have anything to do with the ILD., Ransdell concluded that Alabama officials, including the trial judge, all wanted the Negroes killed as quickly as possible in a way that would not bring disrepute upon the town. Q Did I not make that statement to you and Victoria 2. On Anti-rape activists critiqued the power relations that enabled sexual violence, and through their efforts the treatment of rape became a mainstream policy issue. Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Directions: As you watch the movie, answer the following questions. Bob has no evidence and is dishonestly blaming Tom for something he didn't do, when if a white man had done the same, he certainly would not have been convicted.
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