During the Great Depression, jobs were hard to find for whites, but for blacks, it was virtually impossible. Many people jumped on the train to go from city to city looking for work. On March 25, 1931, many people were riding on a freight train traveling from Chattanooga to Memphis, Tennessee. A number of white and black teenagers on the train got into a fight, resulting in the white boys being thrown from the train. They told a sheriff about the fight and he gathered a group to stop and search the train at the next stop, Paint Rock, Alabama. Nine black teenagers were arrested: Roy Wright, Clarence Norris, Olen Montgomery, Andy Wright, Willie Roberson, Ozie Powell, Eugene Williams, Charlie Weems and Haywood Patterson. While they assumed they were only being arrested for beating the white boys, their troubles didn't begin until two young white women, Victoria Price and Ruby Bates, accused the teenagers of rape. Scottsboro, Alabama, was the location of the first of the trials. After three rushed trials, all except thirteen-year-old Roy Wright were convicted of rape and sentenced to death. The American Communist Party, founded by CE Ruthenberg, was organized to achieve equality for African Americans. They sent Mr. Louis Leibowitz a powerful attorney to help appeal the boys' cases after the first trial was deemed unfair. The Alabama Supreme Court sentenced seven of the eight to death, but it granted Roy Wright and Eugene Williams new juvenile trials because there were only thirteen of them. Chief Justice John C. Anderson's ruling that the defendants had been denied an impartial jury, a fair trial, a fair conviction, and effective counsel led to more trials. Eight of nine accused...... middle of paper...... 2014.Cates, David. The Scottsboro Boys. Minneapolis, MN: ABDO Pub., 2012. Print. Daniel, F. Raymond. “GIRL REPEATS HISTORY IN SCOTTSBORO CASE.” NEWS4-4. Np, April 4, 1933. Web. March 05, 2014.Haskins, James. The Scottsboro Boys. New York: H. Holt et, 1994. Print. Horne, Gerald. Powell v. Alabama: the Scottsboro Boys and American justice. New York: Franklin Watts, 1997. Print.James, Bill. Popular crime: reflections on the celebration of violence. New York: Scribner, 2011. Print.Linder, Douglas O. “Scottboro Boys.” Scottboro Boys. Np, and Web. March 3, 2014. Norris, Clarence and Sybil D. Washington. The last of the Scottsboro Boys. New York: Putman's, 1979. Print. Randsdall, Hollace. "Scottsboro's Early Trials." Scottsboro's first trials. Np, and Web. March 5, 2014. “Sixth Amendment.” LII / Legal Information Institute. Np, and Web. March 06. 2014.