Letter from Warren P. Norton in Meadville, Pennsylvania, to Hon. 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; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912; Communism; International Labor Defense; Interracial Committee (Meadville, Pennsylvania)
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.
Norton, Warren P.
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 13, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-06-19
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SB_L_1933.06.19_0998
United States--Pennsylvania--Meadville
Letter from Robert R. Moton in Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, to Hon. 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; Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee Institute president Robert R. Moton writes to the Governor of Alabama on the school's letterhead, applauding the orderly punishment of crime, but stating that he hopes the courts will be equally just with African Americans as with whites.
Moton, Robert R.
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004236, Folder 1, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1931-04-14
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SB_L_1931.04.14_0606
United States--Alabama--Tuskegee
Letter from Viola Montgomery in Atlanta, Georgia, to Ser (Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama).
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
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.
Montgomery, Viola
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 4, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1932-04-28
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SB_L_1932.04.28_0695
United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Letter from W. E. Mohammed in Detroit, Michigan, to Gov. 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; Islam
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.
Mohammed, W. E.
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 23, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
3/27/1933
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SB_L_1933.03.27_0789
United States--Michigan--Detroit
Letter from Mrs. L. Miller in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Ala.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Hawkins, Judge A.E.
Mrs. L. Miller writes to Governer Miller that the problem with the courts is that they take too long to carry out a sentence. She believes that the Scottsboro Boys, or anyone accused of rape, should be punished, and that the Northern states should not interfere and are too lenient toward African Americans.
Miller, L., Mrs.
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 13, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1931-04-13
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SB_L_1931.04.13_0325
United--States--Louisiana--Lake Charles
Letter from A. E. Merriam in Denver, Colorado, 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
A. E. Merriam writes to Governor Miller that his purpose is to bring to light the undeserved hatred of "Negro People South of the Mason and Dixon's line," and details some of the atrocities committed against African Americans in the South since slavery. He writes that the governor should have ordered the Scottsboro Boys' trial to be moved to Birmingham instead of Decatur, and that if he continues to do nothing to keep them from the death sentence, he will be guilty of conspiracy to kill the Scottsboro Boys.
Merriam, A. E.
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 16, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-04-12
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SB_L_1933.04.12_0896
United States--Colorado--Denver
Letter from G. Mannoury in Amsterdam, to The Judges in the Scottsboro-World Case in Scottsboro, U.S.A.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
Writing from Amsterdam, G. Mannoury argues that certainty is a matter of probability, such that to convict the Scottsboro Boys would be a "judicial error" and "philosophical absurdity."
Mannoury, G.
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 7, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1932-06-04
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SB_L_1932.06.04_0718
Holland--Amsterdam
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 Eloise H. Lawrence in Elmira, New York, to Gov. 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
Eloise Lawrence, a student of criminology, writes to the Governor that she hopes some of the funding for institutions of punishment could be better used for education in matters of "social intelligence." She hopes that in the future the state will not be so fast to treat people criminally or to give the death sentence.
Lawrence, Eloise H.
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 13, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-04-12
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SB_L_1933.04.12_0869
United States--New York--Elmira
Letter from Edward S. King in Branchville, Maryland, to Hon. 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; International Labor Defense; Communism
Edward S. King writes to inform Governor Miller that International Labor Defense lawyers, Allan Taub and Douglas McKenzie, had Communist affiliations.
King, Edward S.
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 2, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1931-04-16
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SB_L_1931.04.16_0019
United States--Maryland--Branchville