On March 25, 1931, nine men boarded a freight train. They had no idea of ​​the events that would follow. Unjust and racist, the Scottsboro trials were not just ordinary cases. 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 and changed people's minds about segregation. In the 1930s, segregation was heavily enforced and whites were superior to blacks. So when white girls accuse black guys of raping them, the white girls are generally believed. The Scottsboro trials were supposed to last only a few days, but it turned into months, and soon years. 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 appeared to be....