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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.
Last Seen / Last Known Information
March 25, 1931, freight train near Scottsboro, AL
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