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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.
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…
Letter from C. H. DuVall in Los Angeles, California, to the Governor of the State of Alabama.
C. H. DuVall, a former slave, writes to ask Governor Miller to stay the Scottsboro Boys' execution. He also requests to have the case further investigated as a favor to the weeping mothers and ex-slaves, as he has heard a lot of doubt about the…
Resolution from Cosmopolitan Club of New York University in New York, New York, to Mr. M. B. Miller, Governor, in Montgomery, Alabama.
Sent by the Cosmopolitan Club of New York University after the 1933 Decatur trial presided over by Judge Horton, this resolution demands a change of venue to Birmingham, the release of the Scottsboro Boys, protection for them and their attorneys from…
Telegram from the Committee for Deliverance of the Victims of Scottsboro in Berlin, Germany, to Governeur Miller in Montogomery, Alabama.
This telegram from the Committee for Deliverance of the Victims of Scottsboro is signed by a group of Berlin-based intellectuals--"Professor Albert Einstein, Thomas Mann, Kaete Collwitz, Alfons Goldschmidt, Lion Feuchtwanger, and Karl von Ossietzky."…
Letter from Comité Mooney-Scottsboro, Section de Lille in Lille, France, to Mr. B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.A.
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…
Letter from the Berkley Youth League in Berkley, Michigan, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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.