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Unsolved March 25, 1931 Homicide

Ruby Bates & Victoria Price

Status Unsolved
Type Homicide
Date March 25, 1931
Location Scottsboro, Alabama
Victim Age Unknown
Gender Female

The Scottsboro Boys case involved nine Black teenagers falsely accused of raping two white women on a train in Alabama. Multiple boys were wrongfully convicted despite recanted accusations. The case became a landmark in civil rights and legal history, with the Supreme Court overturning convictions twice.

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