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Q
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Q0000063254; Q0000063255
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St. Louis, MO
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Margaret Sasser
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St. Louis Association of Colored Women (St. Louis, Mo.)
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Not guilty; move trial to Birmingham
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4217 Cerrsight SAINT LOUIS MO 1 ADDRESS
St. Louis Mo. 8 330 PM YOUR MAIL
1993 TO
STREET AND
NUMBER
Governor B. M. Miller
State House,
Montgomery, Ala.
St. Louis Association of Colored Women
4217 Cerrsight St. Louis, Mo....June..24,....1933
Governor B. M. Miller
State House
Montgomery Alabama.
Dear Sir:
The St. Louis Association of Colored Women's Clubs sends
greetings, and a request for a change of venue for the remain-
ing trials of the Scottsboro case to Birmingham.
Hoping you will see your way clear to grant this request,
we are
Yours sincerely,
Mildrid V. Anhering
President
Fannie B. William
Chr. Citizenship Committee
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SB_L_1933.06.24_1010
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 16, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from St. Louis Association of Colored Women in St. Louis, Missouri, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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St. Louis Association of Colored Women (St. Louis, Mo.)
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Association of Colored Women (St. Louis, Mo.)
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The St. Louis Association of Colored Women ask Governor Miller to move the Scottsboro Boys' trial to Birmingham.
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1933-06-24
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United States--Missouri--Saint Louis
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English
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Q
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Q0000063160; Q0000063161
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Berkley, MI
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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Berkley Youth League (Berkley, Mich.)
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Not guilty; release
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ROYAL OAK
APR 15
12 30 PM
1933
MICH.
GOVERNOR MILLER
MONTGOMERY ALABAMA
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SB_L_1933.04.14_0894
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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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Letter from the Berkley Youth League in Berkley, Michigan, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Berkley Youth League (Berkley, Mich.)
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Berkley Youth League (Berkley, Mich.)
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A meeting of the Berkley Youth League calls for the immediate and unconditional release of the Scottsboro Boys. They also demand a stoppage of persecution of African Americans in Alabama.
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1933-04-14
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United States--Michigan--Berkley
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English
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Q
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Q0000063286
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Room 611, St. Denis Bldg., 80 East 11th St., New York, NY
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Margaret Sasser
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Executive Committee of the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners (New York, N.Y.)
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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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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English
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Q
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Q0000063229; Q0000063230
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University of Denver, Denver, CO
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Margaret Sasser
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Interracial Commission of Denver, Colorado
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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TRG
Division of Education and Psychology 1 Denver
University of Denver May 24 630 pm 1933
Denver, Colorado Colo.
Governor G.M. Miller
State Capitol
Montgomery, Ala.
University of Denver
College of Liberal Arts
University Park
Denver, Colorado
Division of Education and Psychology
May 19,1933
Governor G.M.Miller
State Capitol
Montgomery, Alabama
Dear Sir:
The Interracial Commission of Denver,Colo-
rado has authorized me to express to you their sentiment in
regard to the Scottsboro Case. We feel sure that your
sentiment is also thus stated: It is the desire of this
Commission that everything possible be done for the pro-
tection of the Negro boys and that justice be done
in handling the case. This statement is being sent because
it was felt that the expression of the sentiment would
be helpful to you and at the same time would enable us to
definitely take a stand against racial injustice.
Respectfully submitted,
T.R. Garth
For the Interracial Commission of
Denver, Colorado.
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SB_L_1933.05.19_0973
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 10, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from the Interracial Commission of Denver, Colorado in Denver, Colorado, to Governor G. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Interracial Commission of Denver, Colorado
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Interracial Commission of Denver, Colorado; University of Denver, College of Liberal Arts
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The Interracial Commission of Denver, Colorado, asks Governor Miller to do everything that he can to protect the Scottsboro Boys. The group aims to stand against racial injustice.
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1933-05-19
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United States--Colorado--Denver
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English
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Q
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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)
Description
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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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Canada--British Columbia--Wynndel
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Q
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Q0000063162; Q0000063163
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Chicago, IL
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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University of Chicago Student League (Chicago, Il.)
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Not guilty; release
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Chicago. ILL.
APR 15 230 PM 1933
Hyde Park St
His Excellency, Governor Miller
Executive Mansion,
Montgomery, Alabama.
The University of Chicago
Governor Miller
Executive Mansion
Montgomery, Alabama.
Your Excellency:
The members of the National Student
League and its guests, assembled in
Mandel Hall on the University of Chicago
campus, unite in protest against the
verdict of guilty entered against Heywood
Patterson in Decatur, Alabama.
It is for you, Governor Miller, to
act to exercise your executive power to
free the nine innocent Scottsboro boys.
University of Chicago Student League
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SB_L_1933.04.15_0893
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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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Letter from University of Chicago Student League, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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University of Chicago Student League (Chicago, Il.)
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; National Student League (U. S.), University of Chicago Chapter
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Members of the University of Chicago Student League unite in protest against the verdict of Haywood Patterson's second trial and ask Governor Miller to exercise his power to free the Scottsboro Boys.
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1933-04-15
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United States--Illinois--Chicago
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English
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Q
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Q0000063007
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1526 Ninth Street, Rockford, IL
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Franky Abbott
Organization
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International Order of Good Templars
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Not guilty; retrial
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Organization
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(Image of large (LODGE MEETING
brick building) VEGA LODGE EVERY THURSDAY EVE.
I.O.G.T. 8 O'CLOCK
1535 NINTH STREET TRUSTEES MEET
2ND MONDAY OF EACH MONTH
JUNIOR LODGE)
Scottsboro ROCKFORD, ILL.
May 15, 1931
Governor B. W. Miller
Montgomery, Alabama
Dear Sir:
It has come to our knowledge through the press that eight negro
youths have been sentenced to death in the electric chair and
one to life imprisonment in Scottsboro, Ala. after being con-
victed of attacking two white girls on a train.
We quote the American Civil Liberties Union, 100 Fifth Ave.,
New York City on the matter.
1. The trial was rushed without time for adquate defense, the
boys being arrested on March 25th and tried 12 days later. The
court refused a postponement. The boys were represented only by
an attorney appointed by the court and by a Chattanooga lawyer,
unknown to them, selected by a minister's association.
2. Though the hysterical state of public opinion in Scottsboro
made a fair trial impossible, yet the judge refused a change of
venue. The courtroom was surrounded during the trial by a crowd
reliably estimated at 10,000 and by 1,000 soldiers called out by
the governor to prevent threatened lynchings and disorder. The
verdicts therefore were a foregone conclusion.
3. The two white girls, the only witnesses against the boys,
told conflicting and confused stories.
Therefore, be it resolved that we the undersigned, Vega Lodge #40,
I.O.G.T. (International Order of Good Templars( in meeting assem-
bled May 14, 1931, decided to inform your Honor of our opinion
in the matter. As an organization that stands for personal
rights and liberties in the truest sense of the word, we demand
that a new trial will be granted and a change of venue to another
court.
Respectfully yours,
(I.O.C.T. Vega Lodge #40 I.O.C.T.
imprint)
A. Olsen Pres.
C. Nelson Sec'ry
(note: adquate - adequate)
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SB_L_1931.05.15_0025
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 2, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Vega Lodge #40 (I.O.G.T.) in Rockford, Illinois, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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International Order of Good Templars--Vega Lodge #40 (Rockford, Il.)
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; International Order of Good Templars
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A. Olson, "Pres., C. Nelson, Secr'y, Vega Lodge #40 (I.O.G.T.)," cites the American Civil Liberties Union reporting on compromised circumstances surrounding the trial and asks for a retrial.
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1931-05-16
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United States--Illinois--Rockford
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English
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Q
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Q0000063257
Address
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Ardwick, MD
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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Vigilante Committee, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (Ardwick, MD)
Stance
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Not guilty; release
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Organization
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[Delta Sigma Theta]
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Mrs. Esther Popel Shaw
CHAIRMAN VIGILANCE COMMITTEE July
ARDWICK, MD. Tenth
1933
The Honorable B. M. Miller,
Governor of Alabama,
The State House,
Montgomery, Alabama.
My dear Sir:
For months, with the rest of the citizens of
America and the civilized world, the Vigilance Committee of
the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, a nation-wide organization
of gradate and undergraduate college women, has followed
with deep interest and concern the court proceedings carried
on in Decatur, Alabama, and known generally as the "Scotts-
boro Case".
Since you are as familiar with the history of this case
as we are, and since you are surely convinced that if these
boys are allowed to die on the evidence offered against them,
it will be a horrible travesty on justice and a blot on the
name of Alabama, and of America, that nothing can ever efface
we are urging you to take steps at once to free the boys-
all nine of them- and so deal to lynch law the death-blow it
deserves.
The eyes of the world are on Alabama and you. We beg
of you to be courageous enough to keep your state from shame
and to uphold the flickering torch of Justice.
Very truly yours,
Esther P. Shaw
Esther P. Shaw, Chairman
VIGILANCE COMMITTEE
DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY
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SB_L_1933.07.10_1018
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 16, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Vigilante Committee, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority in Ardwick, Maryland, to the Honorable B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Vigilante Committee, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (Ardwick, MD)
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Vigilante Committee, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (Ardwick, MD)
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The Delta Sigma Theta sorority of Ardwick, Maryland, asks Governor Miller to free the Scottsboro Boys at once and to do away with lynch law. The group asks him to uphold justice, as the eyes of the world are on Alabama.
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1933-07-10
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United States--Maryland--Ardwick
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English
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Letter
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Q
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Q0000063213; Q0000063214
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Pittsburgh, PA
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Margaret Sasser
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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Pittsburgh Branch (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Stance
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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Organization
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Women's International League for Peace. <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">International Goodwill Day Committee</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">1501 Peoples Bank Building</span> Pittsburgh, Pa 10 Pittsburgh PA 5 May 1 10:30 PM 1933 To the Governor, Executive Offices, Montgomery Alabama. Pittsburgh Branch International President Jane Addams Chairman Chairman, Pennsylvania Branch Mrs. Norman W. Storer Mrs. Edwin J. Johnson Vice-Chairmen Miss Louisa W. Knox Mrs. Carroll Miller Mrs. Joseph Schutzman PAX Treasurer Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Mrs. Herman Peter 1924 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 1210 Pemberton Street Pittsburgh Branch Corresponding Secretary 6818 Reynolds Street Mrs. George Bray Emerson 0310 639 Churchview Avenue Recording Secretary April 29, 1933 Mrs. Pemberton B. West Mrs. Louis J. Affelder To the Governor, Mrs. David Alter Montgomery, Alabama, Mrs. Waldo Amos Miss Helen C. Battrick Dear Sir:- Miss Harriet Carter The following letter has been sent Mrs. Charles C. Cooper to the prosecuting attorney in the Scottsboro Mrs. J. Howard Dice case, the mayors of Scottsboro and Decatur, Mrs. Samuel E. Diescher and now we appeal to you. Mrs. Harry K. Griffin Mrs. Elizabeth J. Gibson "This organization stands firmly upon the Mrs. Leo L. Half basis of social, political, and economic justice Mrs. Wiliam F. Hall for all, without regard for race, sex, class, or creed. Mrs. Stephen Q. Hayes Mrs. Max Henrici We therefore which to register our everlasting Mrs. Ralph W. Johston disapproval of the procedure and findings Mrs. Selma A. Junge in the case of the Scottsboro negro boys, convicted Mrs. Sidney L. Kaufmann of a crime upon the most questionable evidence, Mrs. Joseph Kunkel and the most flagrant display of prejudice Mrs. Saul Lavine and hatred, that some people wonder if we Miss Caroline Lovett are still in the dark ages. Mrs. L. Walter Mason Miss Bertha C. McEntee Alabama ranks among the foremost in Mrs. John T. Parsons its care of juvenile dependents and delinquents. Miss Lucy H. Piper You can command the admiration of the Miss Elizabeth Rankin whole world, if you include thee poor ne- Mrs. Charles L. Reizenstein glected negro children in your program of Mrs. Norman C. Riggs social welfare, and thereby align yourself with Mrs. Harry G. Samson the enlightened element of our country. Mrs. William H. Schuette Mrs. George Seibel Sincerely yours, Mrs. Joseph R. Silberstein Mrs. George G. Bray, Cor. Sec'y Mrs. John S. Sloan 639 Churchview Ave, Mrs. D. Owen Stephens Pittsburgh (10), Pa. Mrs. Arnold L. Wills
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SB_L_1933.04.29_0943
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 3, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Pittsburgh Branch, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to The Governor in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Pittsburgh Branch (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Pittsburgh Branch (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
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The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom—whose mission is to promote social, political, and economic justice for all, without regard for race, sex, class, or creed—voice their disapproval of the handling of the Scottsboro case in Alabama. They ask Governor Miller to include the Scottsboro Boys in Alabama's social welfare program.
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1933-04-29
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United States--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
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English
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Q
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Q0000063158; Q0000063159
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University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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Young Women's Christian Association
Stance
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Not guilty; pardon Haywood Patterson
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Organization
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Young Women's Christian Association
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN
ELLEN SMITH HALL APR 13
LINCOLN 2 8: 30 PM
1933
NEBR.
Mr. B. M. Miller, Governor
The State of Alabama
Montgomery, Alabama
Young Women's Christian Association
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
ADVISORY BOARD ELLEN SMITH HALL
Chairman LINCOLN
MRS. JOHN P. SENNING
Vice-Chairman MISS BERNICE A. MILLER
MISS MARGARET FEDDE General Secretary
Secretary
MISS CATHERINE DUNN
MRS. E. A. BURNETT Lincoln, Nebraska
MRS. A. L. CANDY April 12, 1933
MRS. F. D. COLEMAN
MRS. ROY GREEN
MISS AMANDA HEPPNER
MRS. E. A. HINMAN
MISS MARGARETE HOCHDOERFER
MRS. ARTHUR F. JENNESS
MRS. JAMES E. LEROSSIGNOL
MRS. C. PETRUS PETERSON
MISS ADELINE REYNOLDSON Mr. B. M. Miller, Governor
MRS. R. N. WESTOVER The State of Alabama
MRS. B. F. WILLIAMS Montgomery, Alabama
CABINET 1932-33 Dear Sir:
President
JANE ELIZABETH ROBERTSON We, a group of students at the University of
Vice-President Nebraska, have been greatly shocked at the second
CATHERINE WILLIAMS conviction of Heywood Patterson. Inasmuch as his
Secretary guilt has not been proved, we ask that you will
JANE BOOS grant him a pardon. We further request that you
Treasurer make provision for his future safety, realizing
ELEANOR DIXON that he is in the midst of a prejudiced group
Agricultural Campus that might resort to lynching.
Representative
HELEN HENGSTLER We would request your protection likewise for
Church Relations the other seven boys of the Scottsboro group.
BELLE MARIE HERSHNER
Conference The wrong that may be done these boys if they are
WILLA NORRIS all pronounced guilty, great as it will be, would
Finance be minor in comparison to the wrong dealt to the
EVELYN O'CONNOR cause of justice in American Courts. The State
Freshman Commission of Alabama will hardly wish to have such a blight
LORAINE LOVGREN upon its name. We therefore appeal to you as
Girl Reserve Leadership Governor to do all in your power now and later to
ALICE QUIGLE over come prejudice and see that justice is done.
Industrial Relations
MARTHA HERSHEY Very truly yours,
Membership
LUCILLE HENDRICKS YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF UNI. OF NEBR.
Nebraska in China
JEAN ALDEN Jean Alden
Posters
CONSTANCE KISER President
Program and Office
HELEN IRWIN Arelene C. Bore
Publicity (Miss) Roberta L. Coffee
JANE BOOS Chairman of Racial-National Relations Committee
Racial and National
Relations
CATHERINE WILLIAMS
RUTH CHERNY
Social
LOUISE HOSSACK
Sophomore Commission
ALICE BROWN
Upperclass Commission
ELIZABETH BARBER
Vespers and Worship
GERTRUDE CLARKE
Vespers Choir
WINNIFRED SHALLCRESS
World Forum
RUTH BERNSTEIN
Commission Leaders
ANNE BUNTING
MARY GILMORE
EVELYN HAAS
JANET VLCEK
[DISCUSSION]Heywood-Haywood[/DISCUSSION]
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SB_L_1933.04.12_0888
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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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Letter from Young Women's Christian Association of Uni. of Nebr. in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Mr. B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Young Women's Christian Association of University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Ne.)
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; Young Women's Christian Association (University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus))
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The members of the Young Women's Christian Association of the University of Nebraska write that they are shocked at the verdict from Haywood Patterson's second trial. They ask that he be pardoned and given safe conduct home, as they do not believe that his guilt has been proven.
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1933-04-12
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United States--Nebraska--Lincoln
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English
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Letter
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