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Q
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Q0000063039
Address
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Annemasse, France
Mediator
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Franky Abbott
Affiliation
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Communist Party
Stance
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Not guilty; release
Group
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Individual Voices, International Locations, Organization
Translation
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We demand [that you] liberate [the] Scottsborough Negroes.
Professor Songeon
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SB_T_1931.07.09_0477
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 8, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Title
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Telegram from Songeon Professeur in Annemasse, France, to Miller, State House, in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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Songeon, Just
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Songeon, Just, 1880-1940; Communism
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In this telegram, Just Songeon, a Communist teacher and poet living in Annemasse, France, demands the liberation of the Scottsboro Boys.
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1931-07-09
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Frances--Annemasse
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French
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Telegram
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Communist parties
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Q
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Q0000063274
Address
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409 Edgecombe Ave., New York, NY
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Franky Abbott
Stance
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Not guilty; release
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Individual Voices
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SB_T_1933.12.02_1070
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004240, Folder 9, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Title
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Telegram from Mme. St. Clair in New York, New York, to Governor in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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St. Clair, Mme
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944;
Description
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In this telegram, "Mme St Clair" of New York pleads with Governor Miller for pardons for the Scottsboro Boys and offers to take their place in the electric chair.
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1933-12-02
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United States--New York--New York
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English
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Text
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Telegram
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Q
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Q0000063278; Q0000063279
Address
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Los Angeles, CA
Mediator
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Franky Abbott
Stance
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Not guilty; release
Group
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Individual Voices
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SB_R_1933.11.27_1078
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004240, Folder 11, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Title
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Resolution from Albert Garret in Los Angeles, California, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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Garret, Albert
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
Description
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Sent to Governor Miller by Albert Garret, this resolution advocates for the release of the Scottsboro Boys, the upholding of the U.S. Constitution, and the death penalty for lynchers. This is an example of a form resolution campaign that allowed individuals to sign and to mail in an establisehd form with demands.
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1933-11-27
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United States--California--Los Angeles
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English
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Text
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Resolution
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Q
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Q0000063123; Q0000063124; Q0000063125; Q0000063126
Address
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1837 Dickinson St., Philadelphia, PA
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Franky Abbott
Organization
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Church, School, Fraternal and Social Services Groups of Philadelphia
Stance
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Not guilty; release
Group
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Individual Voices, Organization
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SB_P_1933.04.04_0828
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 5, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Title
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Postcard from Elena Paskel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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Paskel, Elena
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Church, School, Fraternal and Social Services Groups of Philadelphia; Scottsboro Case Committee of Philadelphia
Description
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Signed and sent by Elena Paskel, this form postcard is from the Church, School, Fraternal and Social Services Groups of Philadelphia, who cooperate with the Scottsboro Case Committee of Philadelphia. The postcard enumerates the group's appeals in 1931 for a fair trial, in 1932 for clemency, in 1933 for change of venue and now requests "color-blind" justice in the form of freedom or clemency for the Scottsboro Boys. This form postcard is an example of a local organizing campaign responding to the Scottsboro trials.
Date
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1933-04-04
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United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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English
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Text
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Postcard
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Societies and clubs
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Q
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Q0000063027
Address
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Oakland, CA
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Stance
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Guilty; wants a "frame-up" on a more difficult charge
Group
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Individual Voices
Transcription
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Scottsboro
Oakland in California
20 june 1931
Hon. The Governor
of Alabama
A wide public interest, and justifiably public,
has been aroused in the case of eight to be
burned following what has been alleged to have
been a framing a Scottsboro.
Of course, it would have been better if no
niggers had occupied this land of ours-but
what effect can the killing of only eight pos-
sibly have? That's not even retail killing;
I am sure the gallant people of Alabama could
wipem all out in a few days. This idea that
legal process should be used is as old fashioned
as Shakespere, who in 2 Henry VI had the cardinal
say of duke Humphrey
That he should die is worthy policy,
But yet we want a color for his death;
'Tis meet he be condemned by course of law.
That's all right for small or individual deals
as here in 1917 when those who had been annoyed
by Mooney got their genial little district attorney
to pin a horrible crime on him and associates.
But in your case there is not even a crime in
credible evidence. We all know that an unsupported
mention of rape against a nigger is as good as
conviction-that's too easy, it does no credit to
the state of Alabama to have such a charge framed.
I respectfully suggest you recommend the
attorney general agree to a new trial, in which
they can be framed on a more difficult base.
K V V L K WS
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SB_L_1931.06.20_0381
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 32, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Title
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Letter in Oakland, California, to Hon. The Governor of Alabama.
Creator
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Author unknown
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
Description
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This anonymous letter suggests that African Americans should have never come to the United States, but that the people of Alabama could "wipem all out in a few days." The sender insists that the Scottsboro Boys be given a new trial so that they could be "framed up" on a more difficult charge than rape.
Date
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1931-06-20
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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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Q0000063028; Q0000063029; Q0000063030
Address
Street address of the sender. More detailed than Coverage field.
Boston, MA
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Stance
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
Group
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Individual Voices
Transcription
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Boston, Mass.
June 4, 1931
Governor G.W. Miller
Montgomery, Alabama
Your honor Sir,
As a lunden-bearer of my
God and fellow man, I take
this chance to ask your, OK: White
Supremacy, how much blood
have we to "pay" in their name?
We have tilled the soil, build
the roads, cooked for and nursed
you from generation to generation.
now nine descendants of such
unappreciated laborers are
facing an electric mob June
10th just because some good-
for-nothing white women said
they were raped. Such <u>lies</u> have
carried a many poor negro to
death, but the white man in
2
this, my country America must
and shall pay the price. Why
cannot you see that the word
of God and the laws of nature
never change?
If these innocent lads are
murded, and you do not do
what you can to prevent it,
you are the <u>murderer</u>.
Instead of telling people
what you think of your "old
Black Mammy", show-Black
that
mammy's children ^ you would
protect them <u>even</u> as much
as you would would your "Pet
Dog".
The eyes of heaven and hell
are upon you. I remember that
these same eyes were upon.
3
Louis XIV of France.
Be careful; for when you
sign papers to electricute those
negro boys, you might be signing
papers to electricute some of
you own kinds folks.
If you have read this Sir,
Thank you. If not, I thank
you just the same.
(note: elctricute - electrocute)
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SB_L_1931.06.04_0402
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 39, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Title
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Letter in Boston, Massachusetts, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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Author unknown
Subject
The topic of the resource
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
Description
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This unsigned letter to Governor Miller asks how much blood African Americans have to pay in the name of white supremacy. After all the unappreciated labor—of cooking, tilling soil, building roads—this anonymous writer begs that the Governor show, not just say, that he would protect his "old black mammy" and her children. The writer states that allowing the Scottsboro Boys to be electrocuted would make the Governor a murderer.
Date
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1931-06-04
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United States--Massachusetts--Boston
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English
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Letter
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Q
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Q0000063249; Q0000063250
Address
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Meadville, PA
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Affiliation
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Superintendent, Meadville Public Schools
Stance
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Not guilty; stay of execution for Haywood Patterson if nothing else
Group
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Individual Voices, Organization
Transcription
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After 5 days, return to MEADVILLE, P.A.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, JUN 19 1 - PM
High School Building, 1993
MEADVILLE, PA.
Hon. B. M. Miller,
State House,
Montgomery, Alabama
MEADVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WARREN P. NORTON, SUPERINTENDENT
MEADVILLE, PENN'A
June 19, 1933
Hon. B. M. Miller,
State House,
Montgomery, Alabama
Dear Governor Miller:
I wish to write in behalf of Heyward Patterson,
who, I understand, is condemned to die on June 24.
I appreciate the fact that the people of
Alabama feel that they are well able to take care of cases of this
kind without outside interference. I respect the feeling and am free
to say that I regret the fact that the International Labor Defense
people have assumed charge of the defense of the Scottsboro cases.
From the first, I had hoped that some association [not] communistic in it's
beliefs [would assume at large]. Unfortunately, however, the International
Labor Defense people got control of the defense. The face that they have
controlled the authorities of Alabama to show absolute justice to Heyward
Patterson and the other people who will come up for trial later.
If the [a] stay of execution on the part of the
Governor of the state becomes necessary, I feel certain that such a
stay will be granted. I have for years been interested in inter-racial
affairs, at the present time, being Chairman of the Inter-racial Committee
of the City of Meadville, Pa. I believe that we should all be striving
for justice for black and white alike. I have watched the Scottsboro
cases with a great deal of interest, and have hoped and still hope, that
justice will yet come.
Very truly yours,
Warren P. Norton
Warren P. Norton
WPN:NB
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SB_L_1933.06.19_0998
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 13, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Title
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Letter from Warren P. Norton in Meadville, Pennsylvania, to Hon. B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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Norton, Warren P.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912; Communism; International Labor Defense; Interracial Committee (Meadville, Pennsylvania)
Description
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Warren P. Norton—the superintendent of public schools in Meadville, Pennsylvania—writes that although the communists of the International Labor Defense have control of the defense for the Scottsboro Boys, people should not keep from protesting Haywood Patterson's death sentence.
Date
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1933-06-19
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United States--Pennsylvania--Meadville
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English
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Text
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Letter
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Educators
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Q
The "Q" reference number from the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH).
Q0000063052; Q0000063053
Address
Street address of the sender. More detailed than Coverage field.
Cincinnati, OH
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Stance
The sentiment of the letter - innocent or guilty.
Not guilty; release
Group
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Individual Voices
Transcription
Transcribed or translated sound or text.
CINCINNATI OHIO 3 (Stamp: Red
APR 16 Washington
7-PM 2¢ 1932
1932 United
States
Postage)
Governor of Alabama
Montgomery, Ala.
Scottsboro
Cincinnati, Ohio.
4/16/1932
Governor of Alabama
Montgomery, Ala.
Dear Sir:
The nine boys who were accused of
attacking two white girls, dressed in
men clothes ho boting, you know it is a
disgrace and also a fate. The women were
ho boting just as they were, and they were dressed in men cloyhes. Further more if the
women had of thought any thing of themselves
they wouldnt of been ho boting.
I read in the paper that they would be
electrocuted May 13, and I also read that
if they do something dreadful is going
to happen.
You southern white folks should have a
heart. Where do you expect to spend eternate?
you should be ashamed to hold those fellows
for those two onery women. The whole United
States is upset about those nine young men
and if they are electrocuted it will cause
severe trouble in Alabama. So please let the
boy go free because they havent did no more
than the women were doing.
Signed
W.P.
(notes: cloyhes -- clothes, wouldnt -- wouldn't, onery -- ornery)
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SB_L_1932.04.16_0625
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004236, Folder 8, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Title
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Letter from W. P. in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Governor of Alabama in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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P., W.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
Description
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This letter describes that the two women involved in the Scottsboro case—Victoria Price and Ruby Bates—were dressed in men's clothing and "ho boting," or hoboing, on the train as the Scottsboro Boys were. W. P. believes that the boys did nothing more than the girls, and as such, should be let free.
Date
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1932-04-16
Coverage
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United States--Ohio--Cincinnati
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English
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Text
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Letter
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Q
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Q0000063108; Q0000063109
Address
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2713 Mullett St., Detroit, MI
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Stance
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Not guilty; move trial to Birmingham; release
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Individual Voices
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From. DETROIT, MICH
W. E. Mohammed. MAR 27
2713 Mullett St. 3 30 PM
Detroit Mich. 1933
Gov. B. M. Miller.
Montgomery Ala.
Detroit Mich.
2713 Mullett St.
March 27, 1933
Gov, B.M.Miller.
Montgomery Ala.
Dear Sir:-
We kindly as you for a change of
venue in these innocent boys trial from
Decatur back to Birmingham ,where they
will probably ger a better trial there
then way out in the woods.
ten thousands moslems better known to
you as Mohammedans demanding of you to
free them boys immediately as it would be
better for you all to go jump over board
and drown, then to lynch one of them.
your country is in enough trouble now, if
you dont know it, without making more tro-
uble for you; to us we would ask you to
do to us as you is going to ask us to do
unto you in the near future.
Yours Truly
W.E. Mohammed [Arabic initials for W. E. Mohammed]
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SB_L_1933.03.27_0789
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 23, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from W. E. Mohammed in Detroit, Michigan, to Gov. B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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Mohammed, W. E.
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Islam
Description
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W. E. Mohammed asks Governor Miller for the Scottsboro Boys' trial to be moved from Decatur to Birmingham. The letter speaks on behalf of ten thousand Muslims who want the Scottsboro Boys' release.
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3/27/1933
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United States--Michigan--Detroit
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English
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Text
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Letter
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This material is a government record from the records of the Governor's Office of the State of Alabama and are subject to the provisions of 36-12-40 Code of Alabama, Rights of citizens to inspect and copy public writings.
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Metadata types for Scottsboro Boys Letters
Q
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Q0000063060; Q0000063061; Q0000063062; Q0000063063; Q0000063064; Q0000063065
Address
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Atlanta, GA
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Stance
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Not guilty; retrial
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Individual Voices
Transcription
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ATLANTA, GA (Stamp: Red
APR 29 Washington
230 PM 2¢ 1932
1932 United
STA.B. States
Postage)
Gov. B.M. Miller
of
Montgomery Ala.
if not received return Back to
70 1/2 one Waugh Blvd
Atlanta GA
Scottsboro
A!
Atlanta GA.
April 28-32.
Dear ser.
I am riten you just a
few line to let you
here from me I am a
mother of one of the
ScottsBaro Boys Viola
Montgomery I have prayed
to god and I have razed
money and I have did
Every thing I no to do
try to get a new trile
for me sun and it
seam like my sun
will have to go to that
chair any how now I
(notes: ser-- sir, riten -- writing, here -- hear, ScottsBaro -- Scottsboro,
razed -- raised, trile -- trial, sun -- son, seam -- seem)
2
will come to you wont
you please have mursey
on my Sun and the
rest of the Boy you
no the Boys ant Guilty
of nothing But hobo.
listen I am Negro Woman
But god made me for some
cause I dont no all I no
I am here and I love my
sun just like your
mother love you and I
will say this I []
from the love of sin
and I ant a friad to die
because I have died one time
I ant gonta die no more
3
so I will ask you plese
have mursey on our Boys
I wish I could see you
and talce to you corse I
no you wood not listen
at me But they are a day
or coming we are gonta
be sarrie and we dont
make Frind and get in
union we are all gonta
be destroid Bleve it or
not for they are to much
sin going on now days
well I will close from
one of the ScottsBoro
Boys motha Viola Montgomery
(notes: plese -- please, mursey -- mercy, talce -- talk, corse -- course, no -- know,
wood -- would, gonta -- gonna, sorrie -- sorry, frind -- friend, destroid --
destroyed, bleve -- believe, motha -- mother)
4
Olen Montgomery motha
70 1/2 me Waugh
Blvd
so atlanta Ga-
plese anser my letter
(notes: motha -- mother, plese -- please, anser -- answer)
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SB_L_1932.04.28_0695
Source
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 4, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Title
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Letter from Viola Montgomery in Atlanta, Georgia, to Ser (Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama).
Creator
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Montgomery, Viola
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
Description
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Viola Montgomery—the mother of one of the Scottsboro Boys, Olen Montgomery—writes to Governor Miller to plead with him for a retrial for her son. She has prayed to God, raised money, and does not know what else to do in order to prevent her son's execution. She believes that the Scottsboro Boys are guilty of no more than being hobos, and asks the Governor to think about things from a mother's perspective.
Date
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1932-04-28
Coverage
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United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Language
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English
Type
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Text
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Letter
Rights
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This material is a government record from the records of the Governor's Office of the State of Alabama and are subject to the provisions of 36-12-40 Code of Alabama, Rights of citizens to inspect and copy public writings.
African Americans
Southern States
Women