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Q
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Q0000063116; Q0000063117
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923 N 48 St, Philadelphia, PA
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Margaret Sasser
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2nd Baptist Ministers' Conference of Phila. and Vicinity
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Not guilty; pardon Haywood Patterson
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23 N 48 st
Phila. Pa.
PHILADELPHIA PA 4
APR 11
10 30 PM
1933
Honorable B. M. Miller D
Governor of Alabama
Montgomery, Aabama
2nd Baptist Ministers' Conference of Phila. and Vicinity
MEETS AT UNION BAPTIST CHURCH EACH MONDAY
FROM 1:00 TO 3:00 P. M.
COR. MARTIN AND FITZWATER STREETS
REV. JAMES E. KIRKLAND, D. D.. PASTOR
OFFICERS COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
President New Members
REV. A. C. SKINNER, D. D. REV. JAMES MADREY
Vice President Arrangements
REV. JOHN SUMMERVILLE Philadelphia, Pa., REV. P. P. SAMUEL, D. D.
April 11, 1933
Secretary Hearing
REV. M. A. FOSTER, B. D. REV. W. H. BOWE
Honorable B.M.Miller D
Assistant Secretary Governor of Alabama Visiting
REV. P. Z. MOORE Montgomery Alabama REV. A. C. CALDWELL
White House
Treasurer Civic Affairs
REV. A. L. BRANCH, M. A. REV. R. M. MYERS
Devotion
REV. L. GARDNER
Honorable Sir:-
Memorials
We, the above REV. P. PICKETT
with a membership of many, assembled at the above place
April 10 and passed the following resolutions viz. :
I whereas, Haywood Paterson the first of the seven boys being
tried on the Scottsboro case charged with attacking two white girls
was found guilty notwithstanding thatRuby Bates, one of the alleged
victims of the attack, testified under oath, that she had been forced
to lie at the first trial and that she in fact had not been attacked
and knew nothing of any attack having been made upon Victoria Price.
II Whereas coroborated testimony provedconclusively the innocence
of Haywood Paterson of the crime alleged.
IIIwhereas the verdict of guilty returned by the jury on the evidence
of Victoria Price is a travesty of justice.
Therefore, be it resolved that we the above respectfully appeal to
the honor of the Honorable B.M.Miller D Governor of Alabama to use
the influence of his power to pardon Haywood Paterson and Respectful
ly submitter the above.
<u>Rev. A L. Branch</u>
Rev. P. Z. Moore Sec'ty
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 1, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from 2nd Baptist Ministers' Conference of Phila. and Vicinity in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Honorable B. M. Miller D in Montgomery, Alabama.
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2nd Baptist Ministers' Conference of Phila. and Vicinity
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912; Bates, Ruby, -1976; Price, Victoria, -1982
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This letter to Governor Miller asks that Haywood Patterson be pardoned, given the confession of Ruby Bates.
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1933-04-11
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United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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English
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Bailey Island, ME
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Margaret Sasser
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Not guilty; release
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Bailey Island, Maine
May 28, 1933
To Governor B.M. Miller,
Montgomery, Alabama
Dear Sir,
Like many other citizens of
this country-indeed, like many
of other countries- I am deeply
interested in the outcome of the
so-called "Scottsboro' Case," and
while you, as Governor of the
State of Alabama, are neither
judge nor jury, nor court of last
resort, your position gives you
opportunity to exert a powerful
influence on public opinion, and
in ensuring a fair trial, and a
just acceptance of evidence.
Do we want our people to be
classed with the Nazis of Germany
and the despots of Russia? We
cannot escape it f we do not
see that every citizen, + every
class of citizens, shall have fair
trial when accused, and that
they receive the same interpre-
tation of the law as in given to the
most favored among us- for
example, requiring proof "be-
youd reasonable doubt"- of
the commission of the crime,
before conviction.
Bailey Island, Maine
My sister and I are natives of Maine,
but what touches the honor of one
state touches all. Moreover, for
many years we hace lived in
Norfolk, Virginia, + have been
impressed by the good relations
maintained between the white
+ colored races there. Recently,
a colored man was accused of
knocking down and robbing a
white woman in a lonely alley.
The charge of criminal assault
was also made. The man was
convicted + sentenced. But when
new evidence was found, not
[Bailey Island Maine] only was the man freed, but the
woman and one of the witnesses
were convicted of perjury- all in
an orderly manner, + with no
raising of the race question, or
any undue excitement, All
honor to the Old Dominion!
I beg of you, as far as you
can exert your influence, for
the good name of your state,
do not let Alabama fall below
her sister state of Virginia in her
reputation for justice.
"Noblesse oblige"- and truly
patriotic Americans cannot
bear the thought that we
Bailey Island Maine
would not- or dare not- extend
absolute fairness and justice
to the humblest- even to the
meanest- of their citizens.
My sister joins with me in
this appeal to you, + will
add her signature to mine.
Very respectfully,
(miss) Mary Leland Adams
" Sarah Root Adams
I am writing a substantially iden-
tical letter to Judge Horton, + as I do
not know his address, will you be
so kind as to complete the adress
on the enclosed envelope?
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SB_L_1933.05.28_0984
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 12, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Miss Mary Leland Adams and Miss Sarah Root Adams in Bailey Island, Maine, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Adams, Mary Leland, Miss and Miss Sarah Root Adams
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Nazism
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Three women from Bailey Island, Maine, ask Governor Miller to exert his influence in the Scottsboro case and write that the American people would be like the Nazis of Germany or the despots of Russia if they did not ensure that everyone had a fair trial with sound evidence. They also write of a similar case is Norfolk, Virginia, that was handled much differently than the Scottsboro case, with the African American male freed and the white woman convicted of perjury. They urge Governor Miller and Alabama to follow suit in administering justice without race prejudice.
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1933-05-28
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United States--Maine--Bailey Island
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English
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Q0000063267
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New York, NY
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Franky Abbott
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American Civil Liberties Union (New York, N.Y.)
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N/A (demands military protection)
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Organization
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SB_T_1933.11.22_1053
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004240, Folder 3, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Telegram from the American Civil Liberties Union in New York, New York, to Hon. B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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American Civil Liberties Union (New York, N.Y.)
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; American Civil Liberties Union (New York, N.Y.); Ward, Harry Frederick, 1873-1966; Hays, Arthur Garfield, 1881-1954; Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981
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The American Civil Liberties Union demands military protection for the Scottsboro defendants and their attorneys in the November 1933 Decatur trial before Judge Callahan. The telegram is signed by Harry F. Ward (first national chairman of the ACLU), Arthur Garfield Hays (ACLU general counsel), and Roger N. Baldwin (executive director of the ACLU). The ACLU was founded in 1920, eleven years before the Scottsboro trials began.
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1933-11-22
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United States--New York--New York
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English
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Telegram
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Civil rights workers
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Q
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Q0000063045
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Moscow, Soviet Union
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Franky Abbott
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American Engineers Specialists Workers (Moscow, Soviet Union)
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Not guilty; release
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International Locations, Organization
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SB_T_1932.03.04_0554
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 18, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Telegram from American Engineers Specialists Workers in Moscow, Soviet Union, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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American Engineers Specialists Workers (Moscow, Soviet Union)
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944;
Description
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Signed by "Smith Nelson Appleman Mandel Herzog Bogart Brand Webber Pearl Kuttner Silber Rivkin Guralnick Granich White Chesneym," this telegram to Governor Miller is from American Engineers Spectialists Workers in Moscow. This group announces a resolution adopted in March 2 meeting which protests the Scottsboro Boys' death sentences, calls the sentences a "legal lynching," and demands their immediate release. This telegram arrived in the same month as the Alabama Supreme Court decision to uphold their 1931 sentences.
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1932-03-04
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Soviet Union--Moscow
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English
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Q
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Q0000063028; Q0000063029; Q0000063030
Address
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Boston, MA
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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Boston, Mass.
June 4, 1931
Governor G.W. Miller
Montgomery, Alabama
Your honor Sir,
As a lunden-bearer of my
God and fellow man, I take
this chance to ask your, OK: White
Supremacy, how much blood
have we to "pay" in their name?
We have tilled the soil, build
the roads, cooked for and nursed
you from generation to generation.
now nine descendants of such
unappreciated laborers are
facing an electric mob June
10th just because some good-
for-nothing white women said
they were raped. Such <u>lies</u> have
carried a many poor negro to
death, but the white man in
2
this, my country America must
and shall pay the price. Why
cannot you see that the word
of God and the laws of nature
never change?
If these innocent lads are
murded, and you do not do
what you can to prevent it,
you are the <u>murderer</u>.
Instead of telling people
what you think of your "old
Black Mammy", show-Black
that
mammy's children ^ you would
protect them <u>even</u> as much
as you would would your "Pet
Dog".
The eyes of heaven and hell
are upon you. I remember that
these same eyes were upon.
3
Louis XIV of France.
Be careful; for when you
sign papers to electricute those
negro boys, you might be signing
papers to electricute some of
you own kinds folks.
If you have read this Sir,
Thank you. If not, I thank
you just the same.
(note: elctricute - electrocute)
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SB_L_1931.06.04_0402
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 39, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter in Boston, Massachusetts, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Author unknown
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
Description
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This unsigned letter to Governor Miller asks how much blood African Americans have to pay in the name of white supremacy. After all the unappreciated labor—of cooking, tilling soil, building roads—this anonymous writer begs that the Governor show, not just say, that he would protect his "old black mammy" and her children. The writer states that allowing the Scottsboro Boys to be electrocuted would make the Governor a murderer.
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1931-06-04
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United States--Massachusetts--Boston
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English
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Q
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Q0000063027
Address
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Oakland, CA
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Stance
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Guilty; wants a "frame-up" on a more difficult charge
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Scottsboro
Oakland in California
20 june 1931
Hon. The Governor
of Alabama
A wide public interest, and justifiably public,
has been aroused in the case of eight to be
burned following what has been alleged to have
been a framing a Scottsboro.
Of course, it would have been better if no
niggers had occupied this land of ours-but
what effect can the killing of only eight pos-
sibly have? That's not even retail killing;
I am sure the gallant people of Alabama could
wipem all out in a few days. This idea that
legal process should be used is as old fashioned
as Shakespere, who in 2 Henry VI had the cardinal
say of duke Humphrey
That he should die is worthy policy,
But yet we want a color for his death;
'Tis meet he be condemned by course of law.
That's all right for small or individual deals
as here in 1917 when those who had been annoyed
by Mooney got their genial little district attorney
to pin a horrible crime on him and associates.
But in your case there is not even a crime in
credible evidence. We all know that an unsupported
mention of rape against a nigger is as good as
conviction-that's too easy, it does no credit to
the state of Alabama to have such a charge framed.
I respectfully suggest you recommend the
attorney general agree to a new trial, in which
they can be framed on a more difficult base.
K V V L K WS
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SB_L_1931.06.20_0381
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 32, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter in Oakland, California, to Hon. The Governor of Alabama.
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Author unknown
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
Description
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This anonymous letter suggests that African Americans should have never come to the United States, but that the people of Alabama could "wipem all out in a few days." The sender insists that the Scottsboro Boys be given a new trial so that they could be "framed up" on a more difficult charge than rape.
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1931-06-20
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United States--California--Oakland
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English
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Q
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Q0000063197; Q0000063198; Q0000063199; Q0000063200; Q0000063201
Address
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Chicago, IL
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Stance
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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19 Chicago Apr [undecipherable] 5pm 1933 Ill. Hon. Miller, Governor of the State of Alabama, at Montgomery, Ala. 4/25/1933 To the Eminent Governor of the State of Alabama,- Governor Miller, of Montgomery, Ala. My dear Sir: Alabama is my home, I Have never known what a communist or a radical is and I don't care to know, but I am in- terested in my state, the integrity of my people and my God. I have always boasted of the fair play and the religious sincerity of my Alabama and her people. However, I guess I have come to love justice, the brotherhood of mankind and the Fatherhood of God more than these. To read of the unjust decision handed down in the Scottsboro Case some days ago, is to my un- derstanding, one of the outrages of the age in which we live. I think every white man should feel as I do, that there are higher ideals to be protected in our American institutions than our Superiority complex. It seems that our dear America is not only going off of the gold standard, but we have gone off the highest standards of law and judgment. This decision is not only damaging to Alabama, but to the jurisprudence of all our American institutions of govern- ment. I believe that through my race's injustices, God had confounded the wheels of our pursuing chariots, and that out in <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">of</span> this sea of divided waters we shall drown, as Pharioh of old. What shall we hope for as a nation? When we take the homes and home lands from other people, rob and enslave them, set up a double standard of law in our courts and when a negro es- capes, we say he is fleeing justice. What kind of justice? The people of our various states as the white races of the world, seem to be misunderstood as to what is just, which misunderstanding is fastly undoing our power and stability as a nation and a people. There is just one more item I wish to mention which I feel has much significance and that is the fugitive ques- tion. If the South continues its practices of the Scottsboro dicisions, States that consider the constitution of the United States to be a serious document, in obe- dience to the proper interpretation of the law will ultimately refuse to return even desperadoes who should justly be returned and exterminated. I most prayerfully Submit this to your consider- ation with a sympathetic heart for the good work you are trying to do. Sincerely- An Alabaman.
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SB_L_1933.04.25_0937
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 1, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from an unknown author, to the Eminent Governor of the State of Alabama in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
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"An Alabaman" writes that he or she has always loved Alabama, but loves justice more. He or she writes that the Scottsboro case has been an outrage, and that white men should realize there are greater ideals than protecting their superiority complex.
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1933-04-25
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United States--Illinois--Chicago
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English
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Q0000063289; Q0000063290; Q0000063291
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Pittsburgh, PA
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Margaret Sasser
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Guilty; lynch
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PITTSBURGH PA 4 MAIL
DEC 13 530 PM EARLY
1933 FOR
CHRISTMAS
GOVERNOR MILLER,
STATE HOUSE,
MONTGOMERY,
ALABAMA.
Pittsburg, Pa.
Dec. 12 1933.
Governor Miller:-
After seeing such
as the enclosed article I am ashamed
to hold up my head and say that
Alabama is my native state. Is there
nothing that can be done to save the
fair name of Alabama. I only wish
you could hear what these people up
here are saying about our fair state.
Please Governor Miller do something
to save the name of out fair state
if you have to take those negroes out
and shoot them.
[Newspaper excerpt: THE PITTSBURGH PRESS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1933
In the Deep South
[picture of Justice personified weeping, and walking along a road away from Alabama. She drags her sword behind her as she walks. A sign reads ìYOU ARE NOW LEAVING DECATUR, ALAî. In the background we see a small house and two African American figures watching Justice depart.]
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SB_L_1933.12.12_1101
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004240, Folder 25, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from an unknown author in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
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The anonymous sender of this letter writes that Alabama is his or her native state, and hopes that Governor Miller will save its "fair name." The writer asks the Governor to do something, "if you have to take those negroes out and shoot them." The letter also includes a political cartoon that suggests "Justice" is leaving Decatur, Alabama.
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1933-12-12
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Q0000063182; Q0000063183
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4959 Martin Street, Detroit, MI
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Franky Abbott
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Auto Union (Detroit, Mich.)
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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SB_R_1933.04.26_0908
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 17, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Resolution from Auto Union workers in Detroit, Michigan, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Auto Union (Detroit, Mich.)
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; United Auto Workers, Local 3 (Detroit, Mich.)
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Seventy-three Auto Union members protest the 1933 Decatur trial at a meeting. Their resolution claims that "lynch spirit" prevented the selection of an impartial jury and holds the Governor responsible for the Scottsboro Boys' safety. This group was a precursor to the United Auto Workers formed in 1935.
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1933-04-26
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Q0000063018
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Ensley, AL
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Margaret Sasser
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Guilty; state execution
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Individual Voices
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Ensley, Alabama, March 15, 1931,
To Hon. B.M. Miller,
Governor State of Alabama,
Montgomery, Alabama.
Dear Sir:
We the undersigned being citizens and tax payers of Jefferson
County, Alabama, employed by the T. C. I. & R. R. Co. Ensley, have followed
with much interest the trial of the eight criminals who having been convicted
of criminal assault at Scottsboro, Alabama, and are now in Jefferson County
jail awaiting removal to the State Prison for execution.
We are mindful of the fact that much of the States money has been
spent in affording a safe and fair trial and being aware also that more money
must be spent before their execution shall be complete, we wish to offer out
service cost free for this particular execution to act in place of anyone who
otherwise may be designated and who in return would collect large fees which
we consider unreasonable when we would be preforming a duty to the State gratis .
As to qualifications we are both electricians and electric operators.
Trusting you will consider our request and hoping to receive a favor-
able reply, we are,
Yours very truly,
Geo. T. Baker
Mack Aclpine
P.O. Box 117.
Ensley Ala.
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SB_L_1932.03.15_0300
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 13, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Geo. T. Baker and Mack Adkin in Ensley, Alabama, to Hon. B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Baker, Geo. T. and Mack Adkin
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
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Concerned that the state has spent a lot of money on the trial of the Scottsboro Boys and will spend more yet, two "citizens and tax payers of Jefferson County, Alabama" offer to perform the Scottsboro Boys' execution for free. They mention to Governor Miller that they are electricians and electric operators.
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1932-03-15
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United States--Alabama--Ensley
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English
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Letter
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This material is a government record from the records of the Governor's Office of the State of Alabama and are subject to the provisions of 36-12-40 Code of Alabama, Rights of citizens to inspect and copy public writings.
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