By January 23 , 1936 Haywood Patterson was convicted of rape .
By January 23 , 1936 Haywood Patterson was sentenced to 75 years -- the first time in Alabama that a black man had not been sentenced to death in the rape of a white woman .
By January 23 , 1936 Haywood Patterson was convicted of rape and sentenced to 75 years -- the first time in Alabama that a black man had not been sentenced to death in the rape of a white woman .