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Telegram from National Student League City College Evening Chapter of New York in New York, New York, to Gov. H. B. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
The National Student League City College Evening Chapter at City College of New York protests the "outrageous procedure and decision" of the courts in the 1933 trials and calls for the removal of Judge Callahan and the Scottsboro Boys' immediate…
Telegram from National Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism in New York, New York, to Governor B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
The National Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism's telegram to Governor Miller was supported by organizations of educators, physicians, and intellectuals numbering to 400,000 and signed by Albert Wagenknecht, Executive Secretary. The telegram…
Letter from Mme C. J. Walker Club, to Gov. B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Mme. C. J. Walker Club of San Francisco joins the NAACP in asking for the release of the Scottsboro Boys.
Letter from Karl Marx Pioneers in Chicago, Illinois, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
After the 1933 trial presided over by Judge Callahan, 30 members of the Karl Marx Pioneers—a Communist Party-affiliated youth organization—demands the immediate release of the Scottsboro Boys, declares their innocence, and asks for their protection…
Letter from Jackson County Organization of Colored Voters in Carbondale, Illinois, to Hon. Miller Gov. in Alabama.
The Jackson County [Illinois] Organization of Colored Voters asks Governor Miller to exercise his power in the Scottsboro case and to treat the nine boys like fellow human beings. They ask the Governor to support the Constitution of the United States…
Letter from the Interracial Commission of Denver, Colorado in Denver, Colorado, to Governor G. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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.
Letter from Vega Lodge #40 (I.O.G.T.) in Rockford, Illinois, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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.
Resolution from International Class War Prisoners Aid, Australian Section in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, to the Governor of Alabama in Montgomery, Alabama.
In this resolution, the International Class War Prisoners Aid (ICWPA), Australian Section, protest the 1931 Scottsboro trial sentencing and demand the immediate, unconditional release of the defendants. The document includes efforts to compare…
Letter from Household of Ruth, No. 253 in San Francisco, California, to Honorable B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Household of Ruth, No. 253, of San Francisco, California, asks Governor Miller for the Scottsboro Boys' unconditional release.
Letter from Thos E. Mountford in Wynndel, British Columbia, Canada, to Governor B. M. Miller in Birmingham, Alabama.
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…