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The Scottsboro Trials Scott Donnelly October 28th Racism wasted the lives of nine young, black men. In a trial where the only plausible evidence proved their innocence, they were still convicted. They were accused of rape, but all it was was an accusation. There was nothing to back it up. They endured many trials almost all of which had prejudice juries. This is the story of nine young men who had little, and then had everything taken away from them. On March 24, 1931, nine black youths were accused of raping two white girls; Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. There was only one of them who was not in his teens, Charlie Weems. Ozie Powell and Clarence Norris were both slender, but muscular and healthy. Olen Montgomery was blind in one eye and the other had very poor eyesight. Willie Roberson had to walk with a cane because of his poor health. He...

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