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Title
Telegram from Socorro Rojo Juventud Comunista Unión Sindical in Bogotá, Colombia, to Gobernador in Montgomery, Alabama.
Subject
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
Description
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.
Creator
Socorro Rojo Juventud Comunista Unión Sindical
Source
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004236, Folder 22, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Date
1932-05-10
Format
Telegram
Language
Spanish
Coverage
Colombia--Bogotá
Text Item Type Metadata
Translation
To the Governor
Montgomery Alabama
In the name of all Colombian workers we protest the savage repression against the Negro race. We demand liberty for the young Negroes of Scottsboro.
Labor Union of Communist Youth, Socorro Rojo
Montgomery Alabama
In the name of all Colombian workers we protest the savage repression against the Negro race. We demand liberty for the young Negroes of Scottsboro.
Labor Union of Communist Youth, Socorro Rojo