Letter from C. H. DuVall in Los Angeles, California, to the Governor of the State of Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Baptist Church
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."
DuVall, C. H.
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 40, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1931-06-01
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SB_L_1931.06.01_0405
United States--California--Los Angeles
Letter from Cámara del Trabajo del Estado de Nuevo León in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, to The Governor, State of Alabama, U.S.A.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Cámara del Trabajo del Estado de Nuevo León (Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico); Confederacion Sinidical Unitaria de México
Cámara del Trabajo del Estado de Nuevo León protests the Scottsboro Boys' 1931 conviction and demands their release.This letter arrived after the executions were stayed pending the Alabama Supreme Court appeal. Cámara del Trabajo del Estado de Nuevo León was a member of the Confederacion Sinidical Unitaria de México (CSUM), or Trade Union Confederation of Mexico.
Cámara del Trabajo del Estado de Nuevo León (Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 10, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1931-08-24
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SB_L_1931.08.24_0498
Mexico--Nuevo León--Monterrey
Letter from Carl O. Tangen in Oslo, Norway, to Governor in Alabama in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.A.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Tangen, Carl Olsen, 1888-1947; Norsk Syndikalistisk Federasjon
Carl O. Tangen, editor of the Norwegian Syndicalist Federation's organ "Alarm," protests the conviction of the Scottsboro Boys in the 1933 Decatur trials, presided over by Judge Horton. Tangen argues that this most recent sentence is an expression of racial hatred, declares the Scottsboro Boys' innocence, and calls for their release. The letter also states that the NSF and other Norwegian unions and groups are working towards a boycott of American goods until justice is served.
Tangen, Carl O.
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 11, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-04-25
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SB_L_1933.04.25_0980
Norway--Oslo
Letter from Carol R. Sloman in Rochester, New York, to His Excellency, The Governor of Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Bates, Ruby, -1976; Price, Victoria, -1982
A young white girl, Carol R. Sloman is concerned about the Scottsboro Boys after reading of the case in the newspaper. She writes that she has had a happy life and has been given many opportunities, and that she has always tried to help others. She believes that African Americans are "to be helped and pitied—not hindered and begrudged." She writes that Ruby Bates and Victoria Price are "low women," and that the Scottsboro Boys should not be made to suffer because of them.
Sloman, Carol R.
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 1, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-04-10
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SB_L_1933.04.10_0793
United States--New York--Rochester
Letter from Charles Ingram in Lynn, Massachusetts, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Montgomery, Olen, b. 1914
Charles Ingram, an attorney, writes that the persecution of the Scottsboro Boys must be stopped. He argues that the lack of medical attention given to Olen Montgomery for his eye ailment is unjustifiable. Lastly, he urges the Governor to move the trial to Birmingham.
Ingram, Charles
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 9, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-05-23
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SB_L_1933.05.23_0967
United States--Massachusetts--Lynn
Letter from Charlotte Fox in Brooklyn, New York, to Your Excellency.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
Charlotte Fox asks Governor Miller to let the law run its course. She writes that women are no match for men in a physical altercation and they they need the law to defend them. She wants the Scottsboro Boys to pay the penalty, and insists that her other Northern friends agree.
Fox, Charlotte
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 13, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-04-11
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SB_L_1933.04.11_0870
United States--New York--Brooklyn
Letter from Chas. E. Lotreck in Northampton, Massachusetts, to His Excellency the Governor in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
Chas. E. Lotreck writes that he had a trip planned to visit his friends in Montgomery, but will be cancelling it since he has learned that the roads were built by chain gangs. He continues that he will not give any money to a state so barbarous.
Lotreck, Chas. E.
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 10, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-05-23
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SB_L_1933.05.23_0971
United States--Massachusetts--Northampton
Letter from Comité Mooney-Scottsboro, Section de Lille in Lille, France, to Mr. B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.A.
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
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.
Comité Mooney-Scottsboro, Section de Lille (Lille, France)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 12, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-05-26
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SB_L_1933.05.26_0986
France--Lille
Letter from David H. Pierce in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Cleveland Branch (Cleveland, Oh.)
David H. Pierce, president of the Cleveland Branch of the NAACP, writes that he has collected a large file on the Scottsboro case, and given all the information, does not believe the boys to be guilty. He insists that if the Scottsboro Boys are legally murdered, they will become martyrs, whom future historians will study. He also mentions to Governor Miller that the state of Alabama cannot afford to be an international mockery, as the "civilized world" will not sit by.
Pierce, David H., President, Cleveland Branch, N.A.A.C.P. (Cleveland, Oh.)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 18, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1932-01-30
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SB_L_1932.01.30_0546
United States--Ohio--Cleveland Heights
Letter from Donald Green to the Governor of Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
Condemning the Governor and the culture and history of the South, Donald Green argues that the facts in the Scottsboro case do not indicate any guilt on behalf of the Scottsboro Boys.
Green, Donald
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 8, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1931-04-30
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SB_L_1931.04.30_0179
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