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Letter in Oakland, California, to Hon. The Governor of Alabama.
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…
Letter in Boston, Massachusetts, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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,…
Letter from Miss Mary Leland Adams and Miss Sarah Root Adams in Bailey Island, Maine, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Three women from Bailey Island, Maine, ask Governor Miller to exert his influence in the Scottsboro case and write that the American people would be like the Nazis of Germany or the despots of Russia if they did not ensure that everyone had a fair…