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Biographies of Key Figures in "The Scottsboro Boys" Trials

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Haywood Patterson
Samuel Leibowitz
Thomas Knight
Ruby Bates
James Horton

The Accusers

Victoria Price

Ruby Bates

Key Witnesses

Orville Gilley

Dr. R. R. Bridges

"The Scottsboro Boys"

Haywood Patterson

Charles Weems

Clarence Norris

Andy Wright

Ozzie Powell

Olen Montgomery

Eugene Williams

Willie Roberson

Roy Wright

Judges

James Horton

William Callahan

Defense Attorney

Samuel Leibowitz

Alabama Governor

Bibb Graves

Prosecutor

Thomas Knight

The Chroniclers

Dan Carter

James Goodman

Home Trial Account

Other Resources

  • The Trials of "The Scottsboro Boys": An Account
  • Without Fear or Favor: Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
  • The Scottsboro Boys Trials: A Chronology
  • Diagram of the Chattanooga to Memphis Freight Train
  • Biographies of Key Figures in "The Scottsboro Boys" Trials
  • Letters from Alabama
  • Excerpts from the trial of Alabama v. Patterson, March - April, 1933
  • The Later Scottsboro Boys Trials (1933 - 1937)
  • The First Scottsboro Trials (April, 1931)
  • Report on the First Scottsboro Trial (Hollace Ransdall for the ACLU, 4/31)
  • Appellate Court Decisions
  • Images of Scottsboro
  • In Their Own Words
  • The Trials Of "the Scottsboro Boys": A Bibliography
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