Resolution from L'Union des Ouvriers de la Solidarité Économique d'Haiti in Haiti to Governor B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.A
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Union des Ouvriers de la Solidarité Économique d'Haiti
Union des Ouvriers de la Solidarité Économique d'Haiti protests the Alabama Supreme Court's decision to uphold the execution of the Scottsboro Boys and calls for their immediate and unconditional release. The resolution includes a specific recommendation about the release of Eugene Williams, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment. This organization is part of a network of international communist organizations organizing around Scottsboro.
Union des Ouvriers de la Solidarité Économique d'Haiti (Haiti)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 3, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1932-05-13
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Resolution
French
Text
SB_R_1932.05.13_0689
Haiti
Resolution from Second Baptist Church in Springfield, Ohio, 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
The Second Baptist Church decries the 1931 Scottsboro trial outcomes, deplores lynching, and demands the Scottsboro defendants' unconditional and immediate release. This is a form resolution that was sent by numerous groups and likely was originally printed and distributed by the International Labor Defense.
Second Baptist Church (Springfield, Oh.)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 1, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1931-05-17
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Resolution
English
Text
SB_R_1931.05.17_0016
United States--Ohio--Springfield
Resolution from the Central Unemployed Council in Mansfield, Ohio, to B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912; Unemployed Councils of the USA; Central Unemployed Council (Mansfield, Oh.)
Sent after the 1933 Decatur trial presided over by Judge Horton, this resolution from the Central Unemployed Council of Mansfield, Ohio, demands a change of venue to Birmingham, the release of the Scottsboro Boys and protection for them from lynching, and Negro and white workers represented on future juries. It warns of the damage to Alabama's international reputation if the Scottsboro defendants are executed and ends by explicitly requesting a pardon for Haywood Patterson. The Unemployed Councils of the USA were mass organizations associated with the Communist Party, USA.
Central Unemployed Councils (Mansfield, Oh.)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 15, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-04-11
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Resolution
English
Text
SB_R_1933.04.11_0891
United States--Ohio--Mansfield
Resolution from the Haywood Patterson Branch of the International Labor Defense in Ithaca, New York, to the Governor of Alabama in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; International Labor Defense, Haywood Patterson Branch (Ithaca, N.Y.); Lynching in Tuscaloosa, 1933
This resolution from the Haywood Patterson Branch of the International Labor Defense demands the Scottsboro Boys' immediate release, the enforcement of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, and "the immediate assurance of equality for the Negro masses." The resolution also protests an August 15th lynching of "Dan Pippin, A.T. Harding, and Elmore Clark" in Woodstock, Alabama, and demands the arrest of Sherriff R. Z. Chamblin and his deputies. Dan Pippen and A.T. Harden were actually lynched in Tuscaloosa on August 13, 1933, while Elmore Clark survived the lynching attempt. International Labor Defense attorneys attempted to defend them at trial before the lynching. A number of ILD branches, like this one, took the names of Scottsboro defendants.
International Labor Defense, Haywood Patterson Branch (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 18, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-08-16
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Resolution
English
Text
SB_R_1933.08.16_1044
United States--New York--Ithaca
Resolution from the Labour Defence League in Wellington, New Zealand, to Hounerable B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Labour Defence League (Wellington, New Zealand)
The Labour Defence League National Headquarters in Wellington, New Zealand, demands the immediate release of the Scottsboro Boys. The resolution notes "hundreds" of letters of protest from New Zealand workers citing the "true facts" of the case. Labour Defence League organizations in the United Kingdom were affiliated with International Red Aid.
Labour Defence League (Wellington, New Zealand)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 13, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1932-12-21
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Resolution
English
Text
SB_R_1932.12.21_0740
New Zealand--Wellington
Resolution from Unemployed Councils, Branch 1 in Rockford, Illinois, to Governor Miller in Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Unemployed Councils, Branch 1 (Rockford, Il.); Armwood, George, 1911-1933
Signed by Unemployed Councils, Branch 1 from a "Local Anti-Fascist Conference" on December 10, 1933, this form resolution heeds the "call of the I.L.D." in protesting the "outrageous procedure and conduct of the Scottsboro trials." It expresses solidarity with "black brothers," condemns the practice of lynching in the "Southland," and calls for the immediate release of the Scottsboro defendants. It also asks for punishment for the lynchers of George Armwood, lynched in Princess Anne, Maryland, on October 18, 1933. Copies were sent to Judge Callahan, Governor Miller, and President Roosevelt.
Unemployed Councils, Branch 1 (Rockford, Il.)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004240, Folder 24, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-12-13
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Resolution
English
Text
SB_R_1933.12.13_1099
United States--Illinois--Rockford
Resolution from workers and farmers at the United Front May Day Conference in Red Deer, Alberta, 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; United Front May Day Conference (Red Deer, Alberta, Canada); Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912
This resolution from 400 workers and farmers assembled for the May Day Conference in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, protests the conviction of Haywood Patterson at the 1933 trial and demands immediate release for all the Scottsboro Boys. It connects lynch mob mentality to capitalism and the plight of the Scottsboro Boys to the oppression of workers.
United Front May Day Conference (Red Deer, Alberta, Canada)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 4, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-05-01
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Resolution
English
Text
SB_R_1933.05.01_0949
Canada--Alberta--Red Deer
Resolution from Workers Ex-servicemen's League, Staten Island Post No. 174 in Staten Island, New York, 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 Ex-servicemen's League, Staten Island Post No. 174 (Staten Island, N.Y.); Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912
The Workers Ex-servicemen's League, Staten Island Post No. 174—a branch of an international veterans organization with ties to the Communist Party—reacts to the Haywood Patterson verdict at the March 1933 trial in Decatur. The resolution asks that Governor Miller immediately release the boys, enforce the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments of the U.S. Constitution, protect the boys and their attorneys from "Ku Klux Klan lynch mobs," and change the venue for remaining trials to Mobile, Alabama.
Workers Ex-servicemen's League, Staten Island Post No. 174 (Staten Island, N.Y.)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 19, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-04-23
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Resolution
English
Text
SB_R_1933.04.23_0927
United States--New York--Staten Island
Telegram from Confederación Sindical Latinoamericana in Montevideo, Uruguay, to Gobernador Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Confederación Sindical Latinoamericana; Communism
Confederación Sindical Latinoamericana (Latin American Trade Union Confederation), on behalf of Central and South American workers, protests the 1931 convictions of the Scottsboro Boys and calls for their immediate release. This organization was the Latin American branch of the Red International of Labour Unions—an international body established by the Communist International with the aim of coordinating Communist activities within trade unions.
Confederación Sindical Latinoamericana (Montevideo, Uruguay)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 7, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1931-07-10
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Telegram
Spanish
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SB_T_1931.07.10_0474
Uruguay--Montevideo
Telegram from International Labor Defense in New York, New York, to Governor B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; International Labor Defense; Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo), 1890-1980
Signed by National Secretary William L. Patterson of the International Labor Defense, this telegram to Governor Miller represents "millions of white and negro workers outraged" by the events in Scottsboro and the "lies" spreading about an alleged prison mutiny carried out by the defendants. It requests that Governor Miller remove "Deputy Dement," who attacked the boys. This telegram was one of many that reflect high local and national tensions around the outcome of the 1933 trial presided over by Judge Horton in Decatur. The ILD protests prison conditions for the defendants.
International Labor Defense (New York, N.Y.)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 17, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-04-28
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Telegram
English
Text
SB_T_1933.04.28_0911
United States--New York--New York