Nigiste Abdi Ethnic Studies 101 Scottsboro Boys Summary In the year 1931‚ all nine of the Scottsboro boys Haywood Patterson‚ Charles Weems‚ Clarence Norris‚ Andy Wright‚ Ozzie Powell‚ Olen Montgomery‚ Eugene Williams‚ Willie Roberson‚ and Roy Wright are arrested and tried on charges of assault from fighting white boys on a train. Along with accusations made by Victoria Price and Ruby Bates that the boys raped them. Their trial begins April 6‚ 1931. All of the boys except for Roy Wright are tired
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accused of raping two white women (Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. A fight broke out between two groups of men .The blacks won and threw the whites off the train . The whites reported this to the local sheriff ‚ and the train was stopped in Scottsboro‚Alabama‚ Everyone on board was arrested . Victoria Price was in serious trouble because her friend ruby bates was only 17 . It’s a federal crime to take someone younger . In order to get out of trouble ‚ Victoria and Ruby said that the black men had raped
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of Colored People (NAACP) fight for control of the legal rights to free the defendants. Miller demonstrates that the CP and its legal affiliate‚ the International Labor Defense (ILD) mounted a brilliant defense that constantly forced the state of Alabama to back down from its attempts to execute the defendants. This brought the political economy of Jim Crow to widespread attention. Several subsequent chapters address the representation of Scottsboro by a range of 1930s creative artists. Miller
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Scottsboro trial and the trial of Tom Robinson are the geographic settings‚ the portrayal of racism‚ and the specifics of the court cases. The geographic settings in both cases are in Alabama. Tom Robinson’s trials took place in Maycomb‚ Alabama; the Scottsboro trials took place in Scottsboro‚ Alabama. Both cases were during the Great Depression and in the 1930s. Such was the backdrop of Harper Lee’s childhood when the Scottsboro case would have left such an impression. Lee wrote her novel
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POWELL v ALABAMA United States Supreme Court 287 U.S. 45 (1932) FACTS: Nine young black boys riding in an open train car were involved in a fight. When the fight ceased‚ two white women claimed the black boys raped them. Once the boys got off the train in Scottsboro‚ Alabama‚ police picked them up and placed them in jail. The men appeared in court‚ frightened‚ and unrepresented. The defendants were charged with a capital offence and therefore had the right for counsel to be appointed to them
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Citation: Powell V U.S. No. 405‚ Supreme Court of the United States‚ 1968‚ 392 U.S. 514‚ 88 S. Ct. 2145 L. Ed 2d 1254‚ 1968 U.S. 1140. Facts: Leroy Powell was arrested December‚ 1966 for public intoxication‚ which is in violation of Texas state law. Powell was found guilty and fined. He appealed and at trial Powell argued that he was not at fault for his behavior due to chronic alcoholism‚ which is a disease. He further argued that punishing him for his behavior was cruel and unusual behavior‚ a
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Assignment 2: The Statutes- Pace v. Alabama & Loving v. Virginia Ashlee R. Hall PAD 525: Constitution & Administrative Law Dr. Lee January 29‚ 2012 Was there ever a period in history where interracial marriages and sex among people of different races was considered illegal? As absurd as this idea sounds‚ the answer is yes. Astonishingly‚ less than 40 years ago marrying someone of a different race was considered illegal. Black people could not be with white people- it just
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The Significance of the Right to Effective Counsel in a Criminal Case and Powell v. Alabama The right to counsel is a fundamental common law principle that aims to set a fair criminal trial. The right to have the assistance of counsel for defence is the right of a criminal defendant to have a lawyer assist in his defence‚ even if he cannot afford one. This right comes from a variety of sources‚ the first one being the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution‚ which is the part of the United
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ALABAMA A State Report by DAVID A SALAZAR WHAT’S IN A NAME The state of Alabama was named after the Alibamu indian tribe. The meaning of the name is “I open (clear) the thicket.” Alabama has three nicknames‚ which are: The Heart of Dixie‚ The Cotton State and the Yellow Hammer State. Alabama is in the geographical center of the Deep South.‚ in the 1950s‚ the State came up with a slogan: “ The Heart of Dixie” to make Alabama stand out. The Cotton State” was given because Alabama is
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The leader whom I researched is Retired General Colin Powell. He grew up in a tough neighborhood‚ educated in the public school system and went to City College in New York. After completing the schools ROTC’s program and graduating‚ Colin Powell was commissioned as an Army second lieutenant. He held many leadership positions to include National Security Advisor during the Reagan Administration‚ becoming the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff‚ the highest position in the Defense Department
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