| March 1931 | Arrest of Scottsboro Boys |
| April, 1931 | First Trials |
| April, 1931 | ILD enters case |
| July, 1931 | Scheduled Executions |
| March, 1932 | Alabama Supreme Court affirms convictions |
| May, 1932 | US Supreme Court agrees to hear case |
| November, 1932 | US Supreme Court overturns convictions in Powell v. Alabama |
| January, 1933 | ILD retains Samuel Liebowitz to try case |
| March-April, 1933 | Second Patterson trial |
| April 17,1933 | Judge Horton suspends rest of trials indefinitely |
| June, 1933 | Judge Horton sets aside verdict;orders new trial |
| November, 1933 | Third Patterson trial with Judge Callahan presiding |
| December, 1933 | Second Norris trial |
| December, 1933 | Remaining trials suspended pending Supreme Court Appeal |
| June, 1934 | Judge Horton voted out of office |
| June, 1934 | Alabama Supreme court upholds convictions |
| October, 1934 | Failed attempt to bribe Victoria Price |
| January, 1935 | U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear appeals |
| April,1935 | U.S. Supreme Court overturns convictions in Norris v. Alabama |
| November,1935 | New indictments handed down |
| December, 1935 | Scottsboro Defense Committee formed |
| January, 1936 | Fourth Patterson trial; Judge Callahan presiding;Patterson sentenced to 75 years in prison;Ozie Powell slashes deputies throat; Powell shot. |
| June, 1936 | Alabama Scottsboro Committee formed |
| December, 1936 | Liebowitz and Knight strike a deal |
| May, 1937 | Knight dies |
| July, 1937 | Clarence Norris trial; Norris sentenced to death; Andy Wright sentenced to life in prison Weems sentenced to 75 years; Powell convicted of assault on deputy and receives 20 years; Charges dropeed against remaining four |
| March, 1938 | Weems stabbed by prison guard |
| July, 1938 | Governor Graves commutes Norris sentence to life |
| November, 1938 | Graves denies pardon applications |