HIST 3850 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Scottsboro Boys, Ed Ware, White Trash
11 Nov 2016
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Lecture: the supreme court and the u. s. south during the great depression. Riding the rails in saskatchewan: hopping a freight train was an illegal, but very common, means of transportation. Unemployed people hitched a train ride looking for work in 1930s. Nine african-american teenagers hitching a ride on regional freight train. Ozzie powell (16) lead victim of the case. Fight with group of white teens on same train. Arrested at next stop scottsboro, alabama and charged with assault and attempted murder. Two white girls on the train (victoria price and ruby bates) who affirmed that they were raped by these men. Lower-class girls; lived in small shacks in bad areas; white trash . Nine were brought to scottsboro jail, amidst intense local hostility. Claimed that the boys had guns and held knives to their throats. There was no evidence of this, only testimonies from the women. Victoria price told a perfect story with many details.
