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Q
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Q0000063180; Q0000063181
Address
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Philadelphia, PA
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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Scottsboro Defense Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Stance
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release, but is against "legal lynching"
Group
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Organization
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SB_F_1933.04.26_0910
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 17, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Flyer from Scottsboro Defense Committee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to The Governor of Alabama, Executive Mansion in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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Scottsboro Defense Committee (Philadelphia, 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; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912; Scottsboro Defense Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Sent to "the Governor of Alabama," from the Scottsboro Defense Committee of Philadelpia, this flyer advertises a march from Philadelphia to Washington, to be held on April 26, 1933, in protest against the "legal lynching" of the nine defendants. It calls for a mass protest by Negro and white workers in order to save the Scottsboro Boys.
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1933-04-26
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United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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English
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Text
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Flyer
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Q
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Q0000063031
Address
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9234 Pace Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
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Margaret Sasser
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Sunday School Board of the National Baptist Convention
Stance
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Not guilty; takes not stance in regards to retrial or release but wants to stay the execution for further investigation
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Individual Voices, Organization
Transcription
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C.H. DUVALL
MEMBER OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL BOARD
OF THE NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION
REPRESENTING THE STATE OF
ARIZONA
ADDRESS 9234 Pace Avenue
PHONE Los Angeles, California
June 1, 1931
PASTOR OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE MISSIONARY REST AND
BAPT. EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION
CHURCH
ROYAL COMMANDER OF K.A.M.C
PERFORMS MARRIAGES: ATTENDES FUNERALS
CONDUCTS REVIVALS AND MAKES A SPECIAL-
TY IN RAISING FUNDS FOR THE LIQUIDATION
OF LARGE CHURCH DEBTS, ETC.
A CARD WILL REACH ME AT THE ABOVE
ADRESS
To the Governor of the State of Alabama,
His Excellency ,
Sir:
There is awaiting execution of eight or nine Negro boy's in
Scottsboro, Alabama and from what I can glean through the papers
of the Southland, there is somewhat a doubt in the mind of the
people as to their actual guilt. However, it would be a presump-
tion on my part to attempt in any way whatever to criticise the
finding of the excellent jury who heard the case.
Your Honor, I am writing this letter unsolicited because I
believe there is mercy in the heart of the great Governor of the
State of Alabama. Born a slave myself and at one time was the
property of the famous General Abrahan Buford of Kentucky. Hence
I have had some experience in my seventy-five years in dealing
with my people. It is true if we are not all angels, it is equal-
ly true that we are not all devils and I am quite sure that your
Excellency will agree with my in this statement. The weeping and
wailing of their mother's and of many of our struggling group have
forced me to write this letter begging you to use your preogative
and stay the execution until further investigation can be made.
Believing as I do, your Honor, should you do so it would not
only permit you to be a blessing to humanity, but it would certainly
relieve the conscience's of those who are in power and would certainly
be a great favor to we old ex-slaves who have always tried to work
in conjunction with the white people for the betterment of out
people.
My dear Governor, if there be the slightest chance for mercy
in this case do show it at this point and thereby wipe the tears
away from our old weeping eyes and save a blot from the great name
of Alabama, the home of the greatest industrial center in the world
for my people.
Again I beg you to stay this execution.
Your most humble servant
C.H. Duvall
C. H. CuVall
CHD: DH
(note: criticise - criticize, Abrahan - Abraham, preogative - perogative)
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SB_L_1931.06.01_0405
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 40, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from C. H. DuVall in Los Angeles, California, to the Governor of the State of Alabama.
Creator
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DuVall, C. H.
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Baptist Church
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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 Scottsboro Boys' guilt. The letter is signed "your most humble servant."
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1931-06-01
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United States--California--Los Angeles
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English
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Text
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Letter
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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
Transcription
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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
-------------
(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.
Creator
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Comité Mooney-Scottsboro, Section de Lille (Lille, France)
Subject
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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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Text
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Letter
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Q
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Q0000063225; Q0000063226
Address
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2520 E. 14th Street, Oakland, CA
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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Household of Ruth, No. 253 (San Francisco, Ca.), Grand United Order of Odd Fellows
Stance
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Not guilty; release
Group
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Organization
Transcription
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DISTRICT GRAND 2 OAKLAND
HOUSEHOLD of RUTH No. 28 MAY 22 630 PM 1933
G.U.O. of O.F. of CALIFORNIA CALIF.
VICTORIA G. LeBEOUF
D.G.M.N.G.
2520 E. 14th STREET OAKLAND, CALIF.
Hon. B.M. Miller,
State Capitol,
Montgomery, Ala.
Governor of Alabama
...Meets...
1st Tuesday and 3rd Wednesday
Nights
Hamilton Hall Household of Ruth No. 253
Geary and Steiner Streets Grand United Order of Odd Fellows
San Francisco, Calif., May 22, 1933
Honorable B.M. Miller,
Governor of Alabama,
Montgomery, Ala.
Honorable Sir:-
The Household of Ruth No. 253, Grand United Order
of Odd Fellows of America are hereby appealing to you for the un-
conditional release of the Scottsboro Boys.
We firmly believe that these boys are innocent which
has really been proven by one of the State's witnesses, and we trust
that your belief in fairness will prevail in the case of these boys
and that you will grant their release.
Yours for Justice,
Angelina Holiday,
Most Noble Governor.
Victoria G. Le Beauf
Worthy Recorder.
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SB_L_1933.05.22_0968
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 9, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Household of Ruth, No. 253 in San Francisco, California, to Honorable B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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Household of Ruth, No. 253 (San Francisco, Ca.)
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Household of Ruth, No. 253; Grand United Order of Odd Fellows (San Francisco, Ca.)
Description
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The Household of Ruth, No. 253, of San Francisco, California, asks Governor Miller for the Scottsboro Boys' unconditional release.
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1933-05-22
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United States--California--Oakland
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English
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Text
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Letter
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Q
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Q0000063202; Q0000063203
Address
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Carbondale, IL
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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Jackson County Organization of Colored Voters (Carbondale, Il.)
Stance
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Not guilty; no stance in regards to retrial or release
Group
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Organization
Transcription
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Murphysboro
May 1 11 am 1933
Ill.
Gov. Miller
Executive Mansion
Montgomery, Ala.
Officers:
W. F. Oliver, Vice Pres. Jackson County Organization of Colored Voters
Elkville, Ill. Dr. W. F. Mooreland, President
Thomas Ayer, Recording Sec. 311 N. Washington Ave.
Murphysboro, Ill. Carbondale, Ill.
F. B. Jackson, Corresponding Sec.
307 S. Marion St.
Carbondale, Ill.
Joe Blackwell, Treas.
Murphysboro, Ill.
Murphysboro, Ill.
April 26, 1933
Hon. Miller Gov.
State of Ala.
Dear Sir:
We the officers and members of the Jackson
County Organization of Colored Votes. Are reques-
ing you to exercise you executive authorityin the
Scotsburg Case. We hope you will consider that the
Eight Boys are human and not animals. As chief ex-
cutive of your state, We know that you took an
oath to support the Constitution of you state and
the United States.
We wish you would read Acts. 10; 34, Acts. 17;
26. and Gal. 6;7. Yours truly,
Thomas Ayer Sec.y
W.F. Mooreland Pres
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SB_L_1933.04.26_0940
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 1, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Jackson County Organization of Colored Voters in Carbondale, Illinois, to Hon. Miller Gov. in Alabama.
Creator
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Jackson County Organization of Colored Voters (Carbondale, 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; Jackson County Organization of Colored Voters (Carbondale, Il.)
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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 and to read Acts 10:34, Acts 17:26, and Gal 6:7.
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1933-04-26
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United States--Illinois--Murphysboro
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English
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Text
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Letter
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Q
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Q0000063271; Q0000063272
Address
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Chicago, IL
Mediator
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Franky Abbott
Organization
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Karl Marx Pioneers (Chicago, Il.)
Stance
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Not guilty; release
Transcription
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AFTER 5 DAYS RETURN TO CHI ILL.
--------------------- DEC 5 1130 PM 1933
--------------------- AIR MAIL
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Governor Miller,
Montgomery,
Alabama.
Chicago Ill
Dec. 5, 1933
Governor Miller
Montgomery Alabama
Governor Miller,
We, the Karl Marx Pioneers
troop demand the imediate
release of the nine Scottsboro
Boys.
We want them to be free
and safe because they didn't
do any thing. They are innocent.
We also demand the safety
of Ruby Bates and the I.L.D.
Lawyers. This is the protest
of us 30 members of the Troop.
- Karl Marx Pioneers.
[overlay drawing of closed fist
with P. A. initials]
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SB_L_1933.12.05_1068
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004240, Folder 8, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Karl Marx Pioneers in Chicago, Illinois, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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Karl Marx Pioneers (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; Karl Marx Pioneers (Chicago, Il.); Communism
Description
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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 along with that of Ruby Bates and their attorneys.
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1933-12-05
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United States--Illinois--Chicago
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English
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Text
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Letter
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Q
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Q0000063219; Q0000063220
Address
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2066 Pine Street, San Francisco, CA
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
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Member of Community Chest, Mme. C. J. Walker Home for Girls, Mme C. J. Walker Club (San Francisco, Ca.)
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Not guilty; release
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Mme. C. J. Walker San Francisco, Calif. 2
Home for Girls May 12 930 pm 1933
2066 Pine Street
San Francisco, Calif.
Gov. B. M. Miller,
State Capitol,
Montgomery,
Alabama.
Mrs. Tulip Jones, President Mrs. M. White, Chr. Literature and Education
Mrs A. B. Clarke, First Vice-President Mrs. M. B. Thomas, Chairman Program
Mrs. Laura Davis, Second Vice-President Miss Alice Reece, Chairman Forestry
Mrs. Ceina M. Hughes, Secretary Mrs. V. Dodd, Chairman Domestic Science
1207 Powell Street Mrs. Jennie Duncan, Chairman Mother's Work
Mrs. B. L. Tyrrel,. Financial Secretary Mrs. Eunice Wilks, Chr. Social Committee
Mrs. L. B. Richardson, Treasurer Mrs. E. L. Congo, Chairman Religious Work
Mrs. M. Dennis, Chairman Business Mrs. K. P. Bond, Chaplain
Miss L. B. Porter, Parliamentarian Mrs. Alice Carson, Social Worker
Mrs. Addie Davis, Chairman Exchange Mrs. Leila Flippen, Chairman Music
Member of Community Chest
Mme. C.J. Walker
Home for Girls
Miss Maragret C. Roberts, Superintendent
2066 Pine Street
Phone WEst 8861
Board of Directors
Mrs. I. B. Ruggles, Chairman
Mrs. Tulip Jones Mrs. M. Dennis
Mrs. Mattie Bonds Miss Alice Reece
May, 10-1933.
Gov. B. M. Miller,
State Capitol,
Montgomery, Alabama,
Gentlemen:-
We are joining in with the
National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, in asking for the
unconditional release of the Nine
Scottsboro Boys.
Yours for Justice,
Mme C. J. Walker Club.
Ceina M. Hughes, Sec'y.
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SB_L_1933.05.10_0960
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 7, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Mme C. J. Walker Club, to Gov. B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Mme C. J. Walker Club (San Francisco, Ca.)
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Mme. C. J. Walker Club
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The Mme. C. J. Walker Club of San Francisco joins the NAACP in asking for the release of the Scottsboro Boys.
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1933-05-10
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United States--California--San Francisco
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English
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Letter
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Q
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Q0000063296; Q0000063297; Q0000063298; Q0000063299
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108-20 37th Dr, Corona, Long Island, NY
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Franky Abbott
Organization
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Negro Businessmen's League (Corona, N.Y.)
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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G. J. Mehler CENT. ANNE N. 14
108-20- 37th Dr. DEC 7 330 PM
Corona L. J. 1933 GR
Governor Miller
State Capitol
Montgomery Ala.
1993
Christmas
Greetings
Corona L. J.
Dec 4, 1933.
Governor Miller
I'm writing as the Pres.
of the Negro Business men's
Legue, we protest the
savage lynch verdict of
Heyword Patterson handed
down by your servant
Judge Callahan, Or as you
ordered this to be done to all
members of the Black Race
That gov have judiscution on
me as 1161 member order you
to cast your voice in behalf
of these Innocent Victims of their awful frame up.
We are sponsering funds
and protection to organizer
through out the South for the
sole purpose of reaching out
and snatching these victims
from gov who feed your children
from the blood of the Black men
and weoman.
we are also organizing
to the extent to lynch one of you
when ever a negro is lynched as you have lynched us for
over 250 (two hundred + fifty
years.
sec. Mr. George J Mehler,
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SB_L_1933.12.04_1114
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004241, Folder 6, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Negro Businessmen's League in Corona, New York to Governor Miller in Montgomery Alabama.
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Negro Businessmen's League (Corona, N.Y.)
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Negro Businessmen's League (Corona, N.Y.); Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912
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Signed by "Dr. George G. Mehlen" and representing 1,161 members, this letter from the Negro Businessmen's League (NBL) of Corona, New York, protests the 1933 verdicts from Judge Callahan's court and declares the Scottsboro defendants' innocence. It claims the NBL is raising funds to protect them from the Alabama courts and government. The letter ends: "We are also trying to organize to the extent to lynch one of you whenever a Negro is lynched as you have lynched us for over 250 years."
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1933-12-04
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United States--New York--Corona
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English
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Letter
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Q
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Q0000063186; Q0000063187; Q0000063188
Address
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129th St. and 7th Ave., New York, NY
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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Phyllis Wheatley Club (New York, N.Y.)
Stance
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Not guilty; no stance in regards to retrial or release
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J. E. Liggan, New York, NY
2210 Fifth Avenue, Apr 2[] 930 pm 1933
New York City.
Honorable Governor Miller,
Montgomery, Alabama.
Governor of the
State of Alabama.
-2-
4. We are living to-day in a world that is moving all the
time from one degree of intellect to another one that is
higher and still higher. White men have always had a better
chance to get some of this high and higher intellect.
It was sadly lacking in this jury that served at this trial.
5. It has also puzzled people all over the world why you as
Governor of the State of Alabama could read of this
terrible miscarriage of justice in every form, and you have
not lifted your voice once against it.
Surely as a man occupying such a high office as Governor
of the State of Alabama, <u>you must have some vestige of</u>
<u>humanity about you</u>; some sense of reason, to know that
these boys are innocent, and long ago should have been acquitted
The world at large knows and believes these boys are innocent,
then why spend Alabama's money foolishly in trials? This ex-
pense must come out of the pockets of the dwellers in that
particular county, either Scottsboro or Decatur, and I am
told the inhabitants of both of these places are the poorest
that we can find anywhere, both whites and Negros.
As Governor of the State of Alabama, everyone feels that
you could do much good in trying to set things right in this
(now) world wide case that has even reached other continents.
Do not let it be too late to do the good that you can do.
Remember Pontius Pilate, when Christ came before him on
trial and after hearing the evidence, what did he say?
"I do not find any wrong this man hath done." He then
called for a basin of water to wash his hands of the matter.
Governor Miller, do not stand ready to wash your hands, but
stand up and be a hero in the strife, especially when you
know how inhuman, how unfair, how unjust all of this pro-
cedure has been. A word from you in this great trial means
much in righting a great wrong.
6. Last but not least, may we hear a word from you. Our club
is most anxious to know your attitude in this famous trial.
Thanking you for an immediate reply, we are,
Sincerely yours,
Phyllis Wheatley Club,
Salem M. E. Church, N.Y.
Julia E. Liggon President,
2210 Fifth Avenue,
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SB_L_1933.04.21_0918
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 18, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Phyllis Wheatley Club in New York, New York, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Phyllis Wheatley Club (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; Phyllis Wheatley Club (New York, N.Y.)
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The Phyllis Wheatley Club asks why rape is punishable by death in Alabama and why the state disregards constitutional law by refusing to allow African Americans to serve on juries. The club asks about other specifics of the case and urges Governor Miller not to stand idly by, but to stand up for the Scottsboro Boys. They hope for a response.
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1933-04-21
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United States--New York--New York
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English
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Letter
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Q
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Q0000063173; Q0000063174; Q0000063175; Q0000063176; Q0000063177
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69 Bank Street, New York, NY
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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Pioneer Youth of America, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)
Stance
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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New York, N. Y. Sta C [undecipherable] 12 10-pm 1933 Governor B.M. Miller <span style="text-decoration: underline;">State Capitol Building</span> Montgomery <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Birmingham</span> Ala. Sixty-nine Bank Street New York, N.Y. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">COPY</span> Concerned with justice and equality of opportunity for boys everywhere, and especially for the underprivileged and unemployed, we deplore the decision of the Decatur, Ala, jurors, in rendering the death verdict in the trial of Haywood Patterson in what is known as the Scottsboro case. We commend the fairness of the presiding judge, but regard the jury's verdict as one dictated by prejudices which make incalculably harder the work of fair play and social un- derstanding which our organizations aim at developing among boys and youth generally. We point to the fact that this whole lamentable situation was provoked partly by conditions of unemployment which sent the Negro lads out on the road job-seeking and resulted in conflict with their white fellow-hoboes; and we call upon a fair-minded public to anticipate similar conflicts by supporting recreational and social agencies seeking a general and effective solution of the problem of unemployed boys. (Signed) Walter Ludwig, Executive Director Pioneer Youth of America, Inc. (Signed) Abel Gregg, Executive Secretary for Boys Work, National Council Y.M.C.A (Signed) Weaver Pangburn, Director, Publicity Service, National Recreation Association PIONEER YOUTH OF AMERICA, Inc. Sixty - nine Bank Street - WAtkins 9-4627 - New York City April 12, 1933. Governor B.M. Miller State Capitol Bldg. Birmingham, Ala. Dear Governor Miller: The enclosed statement was submitted and discussed at a meeting of representatives of national agencies dealing with boys held yester- day in New York City. We are forwarding this protest of the Decatur decision to you be- cause it appears to us that there is a significant connection between the case of these Scotsboro boys and the problem of wandering and un- employed boys about which our agencies and the nation generally are con- cerned. We urge that you exert your good offices in the cause of justice and thus expedite our work with youth regardless of race, creed or sec- tion. Respectfully yours, wl.m Walter Ludwig Director President Thomas J. Curtis Vice-Presidents A. J. Muste Fannie M. Cohen Treasurer Walter Frank Advisors John Dewey William H. Kilpatrick Florence Curtis Hanson William F. Ogburn John Haynes Holmes Norman Thomas James Weldon Johnson Stephen S. Wise Chairman, National Committee E. C. Lindeman Chairman, Administrative Committee Henry R. Linville Executive Director Walter Ludwig BOARD OF DIRECTORS Officers and Mary C. Barker Elisabeth Gilman Henry R. Linville Alfred L. Bernheim Sidonie M. Gruenberg Clarice A. Rosenthal LeRoy E. Bowman Henry T. Hunt Harry Rubenstein Frank R. Crosswaith Elizabeth A. Irwin Agnes Sailer David Dubinsky Andrew J. Kennedy Rose Schneiderman John Edelman Lucile Kohn A. I. Shiplacoff Frederick V. Field Joshua Lieberman Arthur L. Swift CHAIRMAN SUBCOMMITTEES Club Work Experimental Camping Le Roy E. Bowman Peace Education Joshua Lieberman Reinhold Niebuhr Interracial Education Progressive Education Walter White Student Groups Elizabeth A. Irwin Elliot D. Pratt Labor Mill and Mining Town Play School Thomas J. Curtis Agnes Sailor ENDORSED BY American Federation of Teachers; American Federation of Hosiery Workers; Baltimore Federation of Labor; Central Trades and Labor Council of N. Y. and Vicinity; Central Labor Union of Philadelphia; Cloth Hat, Cap, and Millinery Workers Union; International Association of Machinists; Inter- national Brotherhood of Firemen ond Oilers; International Ladies Garment Workers; International Fur Workers Union; Pennsylvania Federation of Labor; United Hatters of America; United Textile Workers of America; and 162 Local Unions. THE NATIONAL INFORMATION BUREAU Pioneer Youth should not be confused with The Pioneers (Y. M. C. A.) or Young Pioneers of America (Communist). 181
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SB_L_1933.04.12_0900
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 16, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Pioneer Youth of America, Inc. in New York, New York, to Governor B. M. Miller in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Pioneer Youth of America, Inc. (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; Pioneer Youth of America, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)
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From the director of the Pioneer Youth of America, Inc., this letter includes a copy of a statement about the Scottsboro case, produced from a meeting of representatives of national agencies in New York. The director writes that the case of the Scottsboro Boys is closely linked with the mission of the Pioneer Youth of America to deal with wandering and unemployed boys. He hopes that court decisions will not be ruled by prejudice and that officials will let organizations deal with struggling youth.
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1933-04-12
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United States--New York--New York
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English
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Letter
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