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Title
Petition from Howard University students in Washington, District of Columbia, to the Governor of the State of Alabama in Montgomery, Alabama.
Subject
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912; Howard University; Horton, James Edwin, 1878-1973
Description
This petition from students at Howard University protests the "deplorable miscarriage of justice" in Haywood Patterson's 1933 trial in Decatur before Judge Horton. The petition includes seven pages with approximately 50 signatures on each page.
Creator
Howard University students
Source
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 14, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Date
1933-04-14
Format
Petition
Language
English
Coverage
United States--District of Columbia--Washington