Petition from International Labor Defense in Seattle, Washington, to Governor B. 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
This petition from International Labor Defense in Seattle, Washington, demands the immediate release of the nine Scottsboro Boys with signatures, addresses, and donation amounts.
International Labor Defense (Seattle, Wa.)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 21, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1932-04-25
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Petition
English
Text
SB_X_1932.04.25_0568
United States--Washington--Seattle
Telegram from the 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;
The International Labor Defense decries the Birmingham jail guards' reported mistreatment of the Scottsboro defendants incarcerated there and demands that these guards be punished. This telegram was one of a group of correspondences that protests prison conditions for the defendants.
International Labor Defense
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 13, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-06-16
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Telegram
English
Text
SB_T_1933.06.16_0993
United States--New York--New York
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
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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Telegram
English
Text
SB_T_1932.05.12_0686
Philippines--Manila
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
Text
SB_T_1932.05.10_0674
Colombia--Bogotá
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
Text
SB_T_1931.07.10_0474
Uruguay--Montevideo
Telegram from Songeon Professeur in Annemasse, France, to Miller, State House, in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Songeon, Just, 1880-1940; Communism
In this telegram, Just Songeon, a Communist teacher and poet living in Annemasse, France, demands the liberation of the Scottsboro Boys.
Songeon, Just
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 8, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1931-07-09
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Telegram
French
Text
SB_T_1931.07.09_0477
Frances--Annemasse
Telegram from Rote Hilfe Schweiz in Zurich, Switzerland, to Gouveneur Miller in Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Rote Hilfe (Zurich, Switzerland); International Red Aid; Communism
This telegram from 25,000 workers and 1,000 visitors of Rote Hilfe Schweiz (Red Aid in Switzerland) protests "the death of those Negro boys." It protests their deaths following the 1931 stay of execution pending appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court. Rote Hilfe (International Red Aid) was an international social service organization established by Communist International in 1922 to function as an international political Red Cross.
Rote Hilfe Schweiz (Zurich, Switzerland)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 8, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1931-07-07
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Telegram
German with English translation
Text
SB_T_1931.07.07_0480
Switzerland--Zurich
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 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