In the 1930s, segregation was heavily enforced and whites were superior to blacks. It didn't matter if you were poor or rich, if you were white you had more respect and trust than any black person. So when white girls accuse black guys of raping them, something big is about to happen. Trials that were supposed to last only a few days turned into months, and soon years. Before people knew it, something as simple as rape trials was changing the future of the country. The Scottsboro trials were conducted in a way that produced lasting effects. Tramps hitched rides on freight trains and did whatever they wanted during the 1930s (Carter 3). As the train pulled away from Stevenson Station, the stationmaster was approached by a group of pale drifters. The only white man in the group was holding the back of his head which seemed to be oozing blood. The group claimed that there was a fight and the group of black people threw them off the train (Carter 4). When the station master notified Jackson County, the sheriff gave the county deputy authority to deputize for any man he could find. When the freight train stopped at the Jackson County station, it took ten minutes to search him. When the investigation was completed, their findings included nine black boys of color and two white women dressed as boys (Carter 5). When questioned, the boys claimed they had never seen each other before. After the deputy finished the interrogation, they were tied together in a line with a plow. The nine boys said to themselves that the result would be good. Ruby Bates told the deputy that the nine black boys raped her and her girlfriend Victoria Price (Carter 6). When the nine niggers... middle of paper... everyone is right. When it comes to our criminal justice system, we have a better understanding of our rights and how they should be exercised (“Right Due To Process” 112). These trials took place almost 81 years ago. At the time of this event, the world was different. Racism was a big part of how our country worked and black people really had no rights. It took seven years for the Scottsboro trials to begin and finish. Little did the community know that during the trials (1930-1937) they were changing the way we see things today. People still remember the events of the trials and even though we don't realize it, we live with the effects of the trials every day. Black people are now considered part of our community and they have all the same rights as us. If the Scottsboro trials had happened differently, black people might not have the same privileges as white people..