Telegram from First Siberian Broadcasting Station in Nowosibirisk in Novosibirisk, Soviet Union, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944;
Workers and employers of the First Siberian Broadcasting Station of Nowosibirisk in the Soviet Union join the "protest of the world proletariat" against the electrocution of the Scottsboro Boys and demand their unconditional release. This telegram arrived in the same month as the Alabama Supreme Court decision to uphold their 1931 sentences.
First Siberian Broadcasting Station in Nowosibirisk (Novosibirisk, Soviet Union)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 24, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1932-03-31
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Telegram
English
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SB_T_1932.03.31_0583
Soviet Union--Novosibirsk
Telegram from Cuban writers and journalists in Havana, Cuba, to Governor Miller In Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Rodríguez Acosta, Ofelia, 1902–1975;
This telegram from Cuban writers and journalists to Governor Miller protests the impending execution of the Scottsboro Boys. They claim this as a "miscarriage of justice" and describe the defendants as the "victims of social and racial prejudice." They remind the Governor of the "lasting blot" this will leave on Alabama's record. Approximately 25 signers include feminist activist Ofelia Rodríguez Acosta, writer Jorge Mañach y Robato, and journalist Francisco Ichaso.
Cuban writers and journalists (Havana, Cuba)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004236, Folder 8, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1932-04-17
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Telegram
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SB_T_1932.04.17_0622
Cuba--Havana
Telegram from the Universal Negro Improvement Association in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Universal Negro Improvement Association
Signed by "Joseph Walcott," this telegram from the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, protests the slated execution of the Scottsboro Boys. This group was a Canadian branch of Marcus Garvey's UNIA, the black nationalist fraternal organization founded in 1914 that promoted a shared international black pride and black economic self-sufficiency.
Universal Negro Improvement Association (Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004236, Folder 22, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1932-05-09
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Telegram
English
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SB_T_1932.05.09_0673
Canada--Nova Scotia--Glace Bay
Telegram from Unión Escritores Proletarios Argentinos in Argentina, to Governor of Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944;
Unión Escritores Proletarios Argentinos
Unión Escritores Proletarios Argentinos (Argentine Proletarian Writers Union) protests the execution of the Scottsboro Boys after the 1932 Alabama Supreme Court decision to uphold the lower court's 1931 conviction and sentencing.
Unión Escritores Proletarios Argentinos
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004236, Folder 22, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1932-05-10
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Telegram
Spanish
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SB_T_1932.05.10_0672
Argentina--Buenos Aires
Telegram from Socorro Rojo Juventud Comunista Unión Sindical in Bogotá, Colombia, to Gobernador in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Socorro Rojo Internacional (San Salvador, El Salvador); Socorro Rojo Juventud Comunista Unión Sindical (Bogotá, Colombia); International Red Aid
Socorro Rojo Juventud Comunista Unión Sindical (International Red Aid Communist Youth Union), representing Colombian workers, protests the repression of the Scottsboro Boys and demands their freedom. This telegram arrived in the same month that the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the Scottsboro cases.
Socorro Rojo Juventud Comunista Unión Sindical
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004236, Folder 22, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1932-05-10
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Telegram
Spanish
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SB_T_1932.05.10_0674
Colombia--Bogotá
Telegram from Workers-Peasants Defense Society in Manila, Philippines, to Governor in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Communism
The Workers Peasants Defense Society, a communist group, protests the "unchristian, uncivilized, inhuman" execution of the Scottsboro Boys and demands their immediate release. This telegram was sent to Governor Miller during the U.S. Supreme Court's review of the 1931 Scottsboro trial.
Workers-Peasants Defense Society (Manila, Philippines)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 2, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1932-05-12
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SB_T_1932.05.12_0686
Philippines--Manila
Petition from Nancy Cunard and well known London and Paris-based artists and intellectuals in London, England, to Governor Miller of Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Cunard, Nancy, 1896-1965; Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951; Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972; Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989; Dalí, Gala; Breton, André, 1896-1966; Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989; Layton, Turner, 1894-1978; Johnstone, Clarence
This petition, organized by Nancy Cunard of Hours Press, represents London and Paris-based artists, intellectuals, and thinkers. It demands "impartial justice" through the "unconditional and immediate liberation" of all nine Scottsboro Boys and includes names and comments from Sinclair Lewis, Ezra Pound, Samuel Beckett, Salvador Dali, Gala Dali, André Breton, Turner Layton, and Clarence Johnstone, as well as an introductory letter from Nancy Cunard. This petition contains two pages of introductory letter and thirteen pages of names and comments. Cunard also sent three additional petitions to Governor Miller demanding the Scottsboro Boys' release in this period.
Cunard, Nancy
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 20, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-03-12
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Petition
English
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SB_X_1933.03.12_0771
United Kingdom--England--London