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Q
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Q0000063275; Q0000063276; Q0000063277
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415 Bellville St., Evergreen, AL
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Margaret Sasser
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International Labor Defense
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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Individual Voices, Organization
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415 Bellville st, EVERGREEN
Evergreen, Ala Dec 1 PM
ALA.
Govner B, M, Miller
Mont gomery , Ala
MARY J. BIGGS
415 BELLVILLE ST.
EVERGREEN, ALA.
Dcoe First 1993
415 Bellville st
Evergreen, ala
Govner B, M, Miller Dear Sir,
May I, Ask A Favor Of you . And Your staff, The Internation
labor Defencse Ask A contribution of me in the be half xxx
of the Scottsborio New Trial For HaywoodPatTersonIn fact
Alof thoesNineBoys they Have had in Prisen Al this time
Since I did not have the donation I take This Methord
of helping Knowing That you are in the judge seat will you
order out the gardes in the time of their trial ifneed
bee, to protect them and there witness
very trully mary J, Biggs
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SB_L_1933.12.01_1077
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004240, Folder 11, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Mary J. Biggs in Evergreen, Alabama, to Govner B. M. Miller.
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Biggs, Mary J.
Subject
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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; International Labor Defense
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Mary J. Biggs, an Alabamian, writes that the International Labor Defense asked her for a contribution to the Scottsboro Boys' fund. Because she did not have the money, she decides to write to Governor Miller to ask that he protect the boys.
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1933-12-01
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United States--Alabama--Evergreen
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English
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Q
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Q0000063164; Q0000063165
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73 1/2 North Main, Mansfield, OH
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Franky Abbott
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Central Unemployed Councils (Mansfield, Oh.)
Stance
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Not guilty; move trial to Birmingham, Not guilty; release
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Organization
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SB_R_1933.04.11_0891
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 15, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Resolution from the Central Unemployed Council in Mansfield, Ohio, to B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Central Unemployed Councils (Mansfield, Oh.)
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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; Unemployed Councils of the USA; Central Unemployed Council (Mansfield, Oh.)
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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.
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1933-04-11
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United States--Ohio--Mansfield
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English
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Resolution
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Q
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Q0000063023
Address
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New York, NY
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Stance
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N/A; letter warns of Communist interference
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Individual Voices
Transcription
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Scottsboro
New York, N.Y.
May 9th, 1931.
To His EXCELLENCY,
GOV. B.M.Miller
Montgomery, Alabama.
Dear Sir:-
Enclosed: you will pleas find; a newspaper
article, which was out from the "Daily Worker" a very
sordid and militant newspaper; the central official
organ of the "Communists", that demented race, of
undesirable aliens, better known as the (Reds); who
are causing us so much trouble lately.
Those maniac (Reds), have been running all
over N.Y.City., asking everybody to put their names
on that telegram of protest, that was sent to you, asking
for a new trial for the eight negro boys convicted at
Scottsboro, the (Reds), are never sincere in what ever
they undertake to do; they do not care a rap what happ-
end to those boys, only it makes something to fight
about, and they would rather fight than eat.
And as for the those, who put their names on
that protest telegram, well you know Governor, some folks,
have their brains in the seat of their pantaloons.
It would be just too bad, is the Southern people,
could not manage their own States, with out being dictated
to by agents, from that (Babylon Despot) called "Soviet Russia"
And as for, that "horse-pond"--they like so
much to take, that is a good tip, for us to get our rifles
ready and take a train for Alabama, to help you hold that
pond: for you know Governor, that hatchet, is buried: it
is now "One for All and All for One".
Sincerely yours,
Frank A. Cluman
A native born New Yorker.
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SB_L_1931.05.09_0357
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 24, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Frank A. Clunan in New York, New York, to His Excellency in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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Clunan, Frank A.
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Communist Party of the United States
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Frank A. Clunan, "a native born New Yorker," writes of the "manic Reds" in New York City, who ask people to sign protest telegrams but only do so to stir up trouble. Clunan believes that the Southern states should not be led by Soviet Russia, and offers Northern help in creating a united front against them. The letter uses red type for the word "Reds," in reference to communists.
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1931-05-09
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United States--New York--New York
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English
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Q
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Q0000063239; Q0000063240; Q0000063241
Address
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Lille, France
Mediator
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Franky Abbott
Organization
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Comité Mooney-Scottsboro, Section de Lille (Mooney-Scottsboro Committee, Lille Section)
Stance
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Not guilty; release
Group
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International Locations, Organization
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No 515. RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
(Août 1929-1/18 R. s. j. rose.)
J. 21348
ADMINISTRATION
DES AVIS DE RÉCEPTION.
POSTES DE FRANCE (1). AVIS DE PAYEMENT.
Timbre du bureau expéditeur de l'avis.
Envoi recommandé (..........)(2) 19(indecipherable)
Colis 27
Lettre-Boite-Colis NQH
avec valeur déclarée de .......
Mandat de poste de ............ (1)A Governor
enregistré au bureau de poste de Lille B.M. Miller
le 27-8 sous le no 100. Montgomery, Alabama
expédié par M N. L'aucier 158 rue Etats-Unis
et adressé à M de Molinel,Lille Nord (Lieu de destination)
à.............................. Service des postes..............
(1) Le recto est à remplir par l'Office d'origine. (Pays de destination.)
(2) Nature de l'envoi (lettre, imprimé, etc.). (1)A remplir par l'expéditeur.
(l'envoi )
Le soussigné dèclare que( ) mentionnè d'autre part
(le mandat)
(livrè)
a ètè dûment( ) le ...................................192.....
(payè )
Signature (1)
Timbre du bureau du destinataire: de l'Agent du bureau destinataire:
(1) Cet avis doit être signé par le destinataire ou, si les règlements du pays de
destination le comportent, par l'agent du bureau destinataire, et renvoyé par le premier
courrier directement à l'expéditeur.
Comité Mooney-Scottoboro
Section de Lille, le 26 Mai 1933
LILLE
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(France)
à Monsieur B. M. M I L L E R
Gouverneur à Montgomery ALABAMA
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(Etats-Unis)
Monsieur le Gouverneur,
C'est avec une indegnation profinde que nous apprenons
les nouvelles persécutions dont sont victimes dans leur prison,
les malheureux nègres de Scottoboro, de la part de l'Administra-
tion pénitentiaire de votre pays.
Cette semaine, nous avons appris la mort de l'un d'entr'eux,
PATTERSON, survenue, d'après la version officielle, au cours de
la répression d'une mutinerie.
Or, nous avons de sérieuses raisons de douter de l'exacti-
tude de cette explication qui laisse entière la responsabilité
de la justice Américaine dont l'attitude partiale au cours du
dernier procès a empêché la libération de nos frères de couleur,
malgré les preuves évidentes de leur innocence.
Nous élevons une protestation véhémente contre ces moeurs
barbares, indignes d'un grand pays qui se prétend à l'avant-garde
de la civilisation.
S'il veut lutter efficacement contre la loi du Lynch et la
haine de race, votre Gouvernement se doit de donner un exemple
en ordonnant la libération immédiate. de ces innocents, sous peine
de s'attirer la juste réprobation de la conscience universelle.
Le Secrétaire de la Section de Lille du
Comité Mooney-Scottoboro,
Maucir
N. Faucier 158 rue du Melinel - Lille _ Nord
(France)
Translation
Translation to English
Mooney-Scottsboro Committee
Lille section
France
Lille, 26 May 1933
To Mr. B.M. Miller,
Governor in Montgomery, Alabama, United States
Mr. Governor
It's with profound indignation that we learn about the new persecutions of which the unfortunate niggers are victims in their prison at the hands of the penitentiary administration in your country.
This week we learned of the death of one of them, PATTERSON, which happened, according to the official version, during the repression of a mutiny.
However, we have serious reasons to doubt the accuracy of this explanation which leaves intact the responsibility of the American justice system whose biased attitude during the last trial prevented the liberation of our brothers of color despite the obvious evidence of their innocence.
We raise a vehement protest against these barbarous customs unworthy of a great country that claims to be in the vanguard of civilization.
If it wants to fight efficiently against the Lynch law and race-based hate, your Government must set an example by ordering the immediate liberation of these innocents, under penalty of attracting the just condemnation of global consciousness.
The secretary of the Lille section of the Mooney-Scottsboro Committee
N. Faucier, 158 rue de Melinel, Lille, Nord, France
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SB_L_1933.05.26_0986
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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 Comité Mooney-Scottsboro, Section de Lille in Lille, France, to Mr. B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.A.
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Comité Mooney-Scottsboro, Section de Lille (Lille, France)
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; United Labour Front; Mooney-Scottsboro Committee
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The Comité Mooney-Scottsboro, Section de Lille, France, responds to rumors of Haywood Patterson's death after a prison revolt. The letter questions this version of events, expresses strong doubt about Patterson's conviction based on the evidence, and demands that the U.S. government—because of its strong international profile— take a stand against lynch law and racial hatred by releasing the Scottsboro Boys. The Mooney-Scottsboro Committee was a United Front group that called for the freedom of both American political activist and labor leader Tom Mooney and the Scottsboro Boys.
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1933-05-26
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France--Lille
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French
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Letter
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Q
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Q0000063036
Address
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Montevideo, Uruguay
Mediator
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Franky Abbott
Organization
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Confederación Sindical Latinoamericana (Latin American Trade Union Confederation)
Stance
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Not guilty; release
Group
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International Locations, Organization
Translation
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The Latin American Trade Union Confederation in the name of the Central, South American and Antillian Workers protests and condemns the news about the Negro workers from Alabama, demanding their immediate release.
Executive Committee, Contreras, General Secretary
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SB_T_1931.07.10_0474
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 7, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Telegram from Confederación Sindical Latinoamericana in Montevideo, Uruguay, to Gobernador Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Confederación Sindical Latinoamericana (Montevideo, Uruguay)
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Confederación Sindical Latinoamericana; Communism
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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.
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1931-07-10
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Uruguay--Montevideo
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Spanish
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Text
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Telegram
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Q
The "Q" reference number from the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH).
Q0000063046
Address
Street address of the sender. More detailed than Coverage field.
Denver, CO
Mediator
The individual responsible to choosing a particular piece of text.
Margaret Sasser
Affiliation
Organizational Affiliation for Individuals
International Labor Defense
Stance
The sentiment of the letter - innocent or guilty.
Not guilty; release
Group
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Individual Voices, Organization
Transcription
Transcribed or translated sound or text.
INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE.
DENVER COLORADO.
January 19. 1932.
Governor B,M. Miller.
Montgomery Alabama.
I am a Working Woman, Who understands the class struggle, and
knowns the reasons for the cry of rape being raised against the
Negro workers. Understanding as I do, that this is a maens used
by the rulring class of the South, to keep the Colored and White
devided, to keep them from organizing together, to fight for their
rights as workers, and realizing that as members of the working class
our interests are the same. I see in these nine Colored boys, namely
Willie Robertson, Olen Montgomery, Andy Wright, Clarence Novis,
Ozie Powell, Ted Weems, Eugene Williams, Roy Patterson and Roy Wright.
my class Brothers. and firmly believing them to innocent of the
crime, with which they are charged. I raise my voice along with the
millions of workers in this Country who are demanding the immediate
and safe realse of these nine Boys.
Dorothy Eil.
R.S. Box 93m.
Stock Yards Station,
Denver Colo.
(notes: maens -- means, rulring -- ruling, devided -- divided, realse-- release)
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SB_L_1932.01.19_0561
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 19, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Title
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Letter from Dorothy Eil. in Denver, Colorado, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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Eil., Dorothy
Subject
The topic of the resource
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; International Labor Defense
Description
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This sender—"a working woman"—recognizes that the Southern ruling class uses racism and rape accusations to divide the white and black working class so that they do not unite and fight for workers rights together. The author declares that the Scottsboro Boys, whom she believes to be innocent, are her class brothers.
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1932-01-19
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United States--Colorado--Denver
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English
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Text
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Letter
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Q
The "Q" reference number from the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH).
Q0000063286
Address
Street address of the sender. More detailed than Coverage field.
Room 611, St. Denis Bldg., 80 East 11th St., New York, NY
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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Executive Committee of the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners (New York, N.Y.)
Stance
The sentiment of the letter - innocent or guilty.
Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
Group
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Organization
Transcription
Transcribed or translated sound or text.
NATIONAL COMMITTEE
FOR THE DEFENSE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS
ROOM 611, St. DENIS BLDG., 11TH ST. & B'WAY, NEW YORK CITY
June 16, 1933 Phone: STuyvesant 9-5439
SHERWOOD ANDERSON
NEWTON ARVIN Governor B. M. Miller,
WILLIAM ROSE BENET Montgomery, Ala.
FRANZ BOAS
ANITA BRENNER Sir:
CRANE BRINTON
LESTER COHEN Word received by us today through a local friend of the
ELEANOR COPENHAVER Scottsboro boys, informs us of a new campaign of starvation and
GEORGE S. COUNTS brutality carried on by the officials of the Birmingham County
COUNTEE CULLEN jail against the lads, whose case has already aroused the in-
MALCOLM COWLEY furiated interest of the whole civilized world.
BRUCE CRAWFORD
H. W. L. DANA Our informant, whose own terror of conditions in
FLOYD DELL Birmingham is so great that his name must be kept secret for
THEODORE DREISER the time begin, writes that: "The boys...don't get enough
CLIFTON FADIMAN food and are flogged daily. They asked me to write you and ex-
EDGAR FRALEY plain how they are being treated... They are housed in a small
WALDO FRANK cell where no one can see them."
HUGO GELLERT
LYDIA GIBSON The National Committee for the Defense of Political
MURRAY GODWIN Prisoners recognizes this fresh brutality as a part of a policy
MICHAEL GOLD of terror and lynch madness which has existed since these boys
EUGENE GORDON were first arrested on charges which the whole world has recog-
C. HARTLEY GRATTAN nied as framed. We see this as a phase of the general intimi-
PAUL GREEN dation and persecution of the Negro people in this country and
JOHN H. HAMMOND, JR. particularly in the Southern Sates. Before this we have made
JULIUS HEIMAN clear the social and economic causes for this kind of suppression,
JOSEPHINE HERBST which affects the white worker no less than the Negro.
GRANVILLE HICKS
SIDNEY HOWARD In the name of our membership of writers, artists, and
QUINCY HOWE professional men, the roster of which includes such names as
LANGSTON HUGHES Sherwood Anderson, Mark Van Doren, Paul Green and Suzanne La
MAXWELL HYDE Follette; and no less in the name of the international thousands
WILLIAM N. JONES of workers, scientists, lawyers, and humanitarians who have been
LEON KAHN aroused to the defense of the Scottsboro boys, we protest the
ALFRED KREYMBORG present brutality against them.
SUZANNE LAFOLLETTE
MELVIN P. LEVY We demand for the nine Scottsboro boys the immediate
ROBERT MORSS LOVETT resumption of full prison privilege. We demand the lifting of
GRACE LUMPKIN the status of incommunicado in which they are being held. We
ROSE McCLENDON demand for them decent and plentiful food. We demand that all
EDNA St. VINCENT MILLAY physical brutality and corporal punishment on the part of guards
LEWIS MUMFORD and others cease immediately and that the guilty individuals
HENRY NEUMANN receive punishment.
JOSEPH NORTH
GEORGE NOVACK This letter is being sent in duplicate to the Prosecuting
SAMUEL ORNITZ Attorney of the State of Alabama and to the Warden of Birmingham
ANNA PENNYPACKER jail. It is also being released to the press and generally to the
JOHN COWPER POWYS friends of the National Committee and of the Scottsboro boys.
BURTON RASCOE
ELMER RICE Very truly yours,
JAMES RORTY Melvin P Levy
EDWARD SAPIR Melvin P. Levy, for the
ISIDOR SCHNEIDER Executive Committee of the
PAUL SIFTON NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENSE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS
UPTON SINCLAIR
HERBERT SOLOW
JOHN L. SPIVAK
LINCOLN STEFFENS
BERNHARD J. STERN
LOUISE THOMPSON
WILLIAM M. TROTTER
MARK VAN DOREN
MARY HEATON VORSE
CHARLES R. WALKER
EDMUND WILSON
WALTER WILSON
ELLA WINTER
[indecipherable] 357 JOHN DOS PASSOS, Treasurer JOSHUA KUNITZ, Sec'y
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SB_L_1933.06.16_0994
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 13, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from the Executive Committee of the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners in New York, New York, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Executive Committee of the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners (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; National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners (Executive Committee)
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The Executive Committee of the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners writes that members have heard of starvation and brutal tactics carried out by the officials at the Birmingham County jail against the Scottsboro Boys. They write that they see this as "a phase of the general intimidation and persecution" of the Scottsboro Boys and African Americans in the South that has occurred since their arrest. They demand the restoration of the Scottsboro Boys' full prison rights.
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1933-06-16
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United States--New York--New York
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English
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Letter
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Q0000063034
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Wynndel, British Columbia, Canada
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Margaret Sasser
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Farmers Educational League (Wynndel, B.C., Canada)
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Not guilty; release
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International Locations, Organization
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Scottsboro
Wynndel B.C., Canada
July 14, 1931.
Governor B.M. Miller
Birmingham, Ala.
Dear Sir,
We The Farmers Educational League
do emphatically protest against the
legal lynching of the eight negro boys
of Scottsboro.
When these boys were tried in an
atmosphere of rage, hysteria and class
vengeance, and that they were tried as
negroes and not as ordinary white men
was proven by the heredity and
fierceness of the trial
We demand then these boys be
released as they were only convicted
on prejudiced evidence.
Farmer's Educational League
Thos. E. Mountford Sect.
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SB_L_1931.07.14_0444
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 4, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Thos E. Mountford in Wynndel, British Columbia, Canada, to Governor B. M. Miller in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Farmers Educational League (Wynndel, B.C., Canada)
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Farmers Educational League (Wynndel, B.C., Canada)
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Recorded by the secretary of the Farmers Educational League of Wynndel, Canada, this letter is mistakenly addressed to Governor Miller in Birmingham instead of Montgomery. The league protests against the legal lynching of the Scottsboro Boys, and believes them to have been "convicted on prejudiced evidence." The league asks for their release.
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1931-07-14
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Q0000063013; Q0000063014
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1308 Gratiot Avenue, Detroit, MI
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Franky Abbott
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Guilty; state execution
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Scottsbor
File
Detroit, Mich.
April 27th 1931.
Govenor Miller
Montgomery, Ala,
Dear Govenor, I was borned and
reared in Birmingham but have been out the state
for sixteen years, but have a deep interest for our
grand old state at heart.
I note from the "Communist" papers
that Scottsboro has convicted nine Negroes men
to the electric chair for July 10th and they are trying
to have them freed.
Now Govenor, I want to say that I truly
be
hope that you will not ^ influenced by the
"Communist" propergander for they are the most
deadly enemy to America to-day, and unless
our American people wake up and put them
out of this Country they are giving to cause us
serious trouble in the future
They are all trouble makers and are doing
all they can to break down all our laws, we are
having trouble with them here now.
Detroit is about 60% foreign born
and things look bad for the future.
#2
Our Courts here now are more like a
Vaudeville than a court.
Gangsters and racketters (mostly foreign born)
have got a strong holt here.
We have just ended a sensational trial
of three Italian gangsters which has cost our city
immense money.
The "Communist" are doing all they can to
break down our "Jim Crow" law in Alabama.
The negroes are real imprudent here and
are very insulting.
If you think those negroes are guilty and
have had a fair trial stand firm against
"Communist" propergander from other states.
I am old old man, who believe that we
must enforce all our laws, and stand behind them.
Praying God's guidance for you in
this matter and all others.
I am,
Yours very truly,
Martin Flowers
1308 Gratiot ave.
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SB_L_1931.04.27_0170
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 8, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Martin Flowers in Detroit, Michigan, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Flowers, Martin
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Communism
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Martin Flowers urges Governor Miller to "stand firm" in his support for the Scottsboro trial outcome. Flowers identifies himself as a southerner and warns Governor Miller of the dangers of "Communists" and their "propergander" by describing crimes of foreign-born persons in Detroit.
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1931-04-27
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United States--Michigan--Detroit
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English
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Address unknown
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Franky Abbott
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International Labor Defense
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Not guilty; release
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For the Governor
of Alabama
Sir:
I have sent this letter in this manner so as to make sure you will
receive it.
First of all there is no justice in you and the millions like you
in this State of Alabama and other parts of the despised empire of
the South except what colored and w ite Americans will take.
There is to be a first class legal lynching of nine innocent colored
boys who have been accused of having committed rape upon two white
girls. Of course the facts in the case do not justify the accusa
tion, but the "rape" racket is always used by you and the rest of
your "Ku Kluxers" in a supreme effort to divide the white ad colored
people, to prevent them from uniting ad living side by side in peace
and harmony, and to keep the colored American in his place. For
after all there is no difference in men and women because of color.
A man is a man regardless of color, and all men should maintain
their manhood rights regardless of color.
The White people of the State of Alabama are for the most part the
inferior the most ignorant, the most coward like whites to be found
in any part of the South. It takes 10,000 whites to lynch one
colored man. You and your people are a disgrace and a nusiance, and
the time will come when the when the colored people whom you persecute, will
and ought to drive you out. You ought to have been driven out
of Alabama long ago, but the colored people have lacked the proper
leadership to accomplish that end.
They, the colored people have toiled and made possible the ease
with which you live, they, the colored people have made possible
by work in the fields and on the chain gang the luxury you bathe
yourselves in, and the time for an end of all this condition
of feudalism has come. This State and all the land belongs to the
colored people, and the colored people being in the majority in
the South should be the ruler of the South.
You have the facts in the case of which is the following synopsis:
The one girl, Victoria Prince is the prostitute
with a jail record, and the other girl Rubye
Bates, is also a prostitute. The one girl offers
unsupported testimony, the other girl cannot i
dentify any othe boys accused, and the white
men who rose on the train do not accuse the nine
colored boys as thise who threw them off.
The facts you are well aware of, but you as the governor, who should
be a just governor, will be silent while the legal lynching pro
ceeds, and in your silence you approve of more lynchings in an
effort to maintain such nonsense as the "Integrity" of white women
and "White supremacy" but I am tell you right now and here that
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your time is coming. THANKS TO THE COMMUNIST PARTY, The INTERNATIONAL
LABOR DEFENSE, the UNDERTAKER and the CEMETERY.
If those nine colored boys are lynched, and of course, the whole
world, understanding that "Legal trial" is only a mantle they,
the lynchers wear in court, if those boys are lynched their will
be millions the world over who will rise up and avenge this
act of threachery and murder and will sure avenge the murder of
these boys accordingly.
I am a member of the INternational Labor Defense, but if I live
for one hundred years rest assured I will do my bit in teaching
the colored people of the South to throw off the yoke of White
oppression.
As a governor you ought to be tarred and feathered.
Respectfully for the Good of
nine colored boys.
David Green
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 8, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Donald Green to the Governor of Alabama.
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Green, Donald
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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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Condemning the Governor and the culture and history of the South, Donald Green argues that the facts in the Scottsboro case do not indicate any guilt on behalf of the Scottsboro Boys.
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1931-04-30
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Location unknown
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