In the 1930's 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 men of raping them, something big is about to happen. Processes that should have lasted only a few days turned into months, and soon became years. Before people knew it, something as simple as rape trials was altering the future of the country. The Scottsboro trials were conducted in a way that gave us long-term effects. In the 1930s hobos hitched rides on freight trains and did whatever they wanted (Carter 3). As the train pulled away from Stevenson Station, the stationmaster was approached by a group of pale tramps. The only white boy in the group was holding the back of his head which seemed to be dripping blood. The group claimed that there had been a fight and that the group of blacks had thrown them off the train (Carter 4). When the station master notified Jackson County, the sheriff gave the county deputy authority to replace any man he found. When the freight train stopped at the Jackson County station, it took nearly ten minutes to search it. Once the investigation was completed, the results consisted of nine black boys and two white women disguised as boys (Carter 5). When questioned, the boys said they had never met before. After the deputy finished the interrogation, they were tied together in a row with plow rope. The nine boys told each other that the outcome 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 blacks... in the center of the card... are all right. When it comes to our criminal justice system, we are more informed about our rights and how they should be handled (“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 find an end. The community did not 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 if 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 have all the same rights as us. If the Scottsboro trials had been conducted differently, blacks might not have had as many privileges as whites.