On March 25, 1931, nine men boarded a one-way freight train (Uschan 10). Unjust, prejudiced and racist, the Scottsboro trials were certainly not just an ordinary case. The Scottsboro trials changed the way America viewed segregation. The nine young men who boarded that train that day were innocent and harmless. The Scottsboro Trials exposed the unfair treatment African Americans faced outside of the Harlem Renaissance and changed views on segregation. Boarding the train from Chattanooga to Memphis seems like an innocent thing to do (“UMKC” par. 2). For the Scottsboro boys, boarding that train was one of the worst things they could have done. Two dozen whites and blacks were riding the train that day, and within the first two hours a fight broke out between the two races. The blacks won the fight, and the white men were thrown from the train and ran to the station master and reported that they had been assaulted by a gang of blacks on the train. The Alabama stopped the train and dozens of men arrived and surrounded the train with guns drawn. They took the nine African Americans aboard the train and incarcerated them at Scottsboro Prison (UMKC par. 2-5). Two other people were also on the train at the time. Victoria Price and Ruby Bates were unexpectedly found on the train as search men searched for other black citizens. The women identified themselves, then Ruby Bates told the searchers: “We were raped. All these colored boys raped us. could do. The act was considered so terrible...... middle of paper...... thing of the past. Racism is a very harsh and dangerous thing to participate in. Being racist can put a person's life in danger and can also ruin their life. Helping African Americans understand that these racist people are sick and will be punished is just one way we can help in the fight against racism. Thus, the Scottsboro trials ended up being victorious. It changed the way America viewed discrimination and segregation and opened up many opportunities for black people. America as a whole has changed thanks to the Scottsboro Trials and racism is slowly disappearing. Segregation caused many difficulties throughout history and ultimately ended in part because of the Scottsboro Trials. Soon, America will be a place where isolation against African Americans has never existed. African Americans are one of us and together we are America.