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The incident on the train happened on _.
March 25, 1931
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Due to the _, as many as two dozen hobos were riding the trains looking for work in different towns.
Great Depression
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A few miles past Lookout Mountain, a group of white men moved along the top of the train and stepped on _'s hand, almost knocking him iff the train.
Haywood Patterson
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Word of the fight reached _, Alabama where the train was schedualed to stop and take on water.
Paint Rock
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A group of white men armed with guns met the train and began searching for the group of black men. Instead _ and _ emerged from the train looking unkempt and dressed in overalls.
Victoria Price, Ruby Bates
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The black men were taken to the jail in _.
Scotsboro
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There were _ prisoners in all.
nine
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Soon the jail was surrounded by _ and _ had to be called in for protection.
crowds, the National Guard
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Of the nine accused men, only _ knew each other prior to their arrest.
four
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_ was the oldest at age _.
Charlie Weans, 19
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_ was the youngest at age _.
Eugene Williams, 13
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Willie Roberspn suffered from _ so severe he could barely walk.
Syphilis
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Olin Mongonmery, nearly blind, had been looking for a job to pay for _.
a pair of glasses
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Clarence Norris left behind _ in rural Georgia.
ten siblings
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Ozie Powell had been found _.
riding alone
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Andy Wright and his 13 year old brother Roy had ridden from Chattanooga together. It was Roy's first_.
time away from home
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Haywood Patterson said _.
He could light a butt by the wind
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