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Q
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Q0000063033
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Berkeley, CA
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Margaret Sasser
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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Berkeley, Calif.,
July 20, 1931.
To The Honorable Governor,
Souvereign State Of Alabama.
Scottsboro
Dear Sir:
I was a spectator, last New Year's Day, at Rose Bowl, Pas-
adena, when the 'Crimson Tide' turned back our great Pacific Coast
football team, known as the Cougars. It is difficult for me to
realize that such a great aggregation of young athletes represents
a state that would condem to <u>DEATH</u>, eight colored men, on framed-up
evidence---because they were on a freight train when two white women
were frightened, or an assault attempted.
For God's sake, come back to the United States and assist
the rest of the people in it to forget the lynchings and burning of
colored men by Southern mobx, rather than bring further contempt
upon your state, with legal murders, on such flimsy charges.
P.W. Powles
Percy W. Powles.
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SB_L_1931.07.20_0429
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 3, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Percy W. Powles in Berkeley, California, to The Honorable Governor in Alabama.
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Powles, Percy W.
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Alabama Crimson Tide (Football team)
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Percy W. Powles condemns the "framed-up evidence," convicting the Scottsboro Boys to death. He continues that he cannot believe such great athletes as the Crimson Tide, whom he saw play a game against the Cougars, represent an unjust state. He asks that Governor Miller stop legal lynchings and murders that bring contempt upon the state.
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1931-07-20
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United States--California--Berkeley
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Q
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Q0000063259
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Hartford, CT
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Margaret Sasser
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State Board of Education, State of Connecticut, Division of Field Service
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Not guilty; release
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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
DIVISION OF FIELD SERVICE
MAUD KEATOR Hartford, Connecticut
Special Education and Standards
July 25, 1933
Governor B. M. Miller,
State Capitol,
Montgomery, Alabama.
Your Excellency:
I wish to add my plea to the countless others you have
doubtless received asking for the release of the Scottsboro negro
boys.
As a native of Alabama, having been born in Decatur near
the scene of the trial, I am sincerely interested in this case,
and I earnestly hope that the people of the state will not allow
such gross injustice as the electrocution of these innocent boys.
Such procedure must surely elicit the disapproval and scorn of
the entire nation, or at least those enlightened states which are
not so benighted by bigoted racial prejudice.
I have always deplored the motto of my native state "Here
We Rest" in comparing it with the motto of the state of my Alma
Mater (the University of Wisconsin) whose watchword is "FORWARD".
Alabama will not only "Rest" but will definitely go backward if
she tolerates the murder of these negro boys who, because of their
color, are unjustly discriminated against.
Having been a State Child Labor Inspector in the Alabama
Child Welfare Department, I know the benighted attitude prevalent
among the majority of white employers with regard to negro child
labor, and I am acquainted with some of the grace injustices that
had to be tolerated simply because public opinion in the state
was not educated to the fact that child labor laws were enacted
for the protection of the black as well as the white child.
It is quite obvious that if these nine Scottsboro boys
were white they would have been released long ago. The Civil War
is over and most of our grandparents who fostered this racial
intolerance among us of the South are dead and silenced. The
marked decrease in lynchings in the South over the past few years
shows that we have made progress in changing our attitudes.
Why not change the motto of our state from "HERE WE REST" to
"LET'S GO"!
Yours sincerely,
Ruth Pointer
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SB_L_1933.07.25_1033
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 17, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Ruth Pointer in Hartford, Connecticut, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Pointer, Ruth
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Connecticut, State Board of Education, Division of Field Service; Alabama, Child Welfare Department
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Ruth Pointer, a woman born in Alabama, writes that she dislikes Alabama's motto, "Here We Rest," and that Alabama will not only "rest" but go backward if it allows the execution of the Scottsboro Boys. She offers that Alabama should change its motto to "Let's Go!"
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1933-07-25
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Q
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Q0000063258
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312 State Street, Adrian, MI
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Margaret Sasser
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Plymouth Methodist Protestant Church (Adrian, Mich.)
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Not guilty; release
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Plymouth Methodist Protestant Church
[Picture of a church captioned "THE COLLEGE CHURCH"] ALBERT WALLACE KAUFFMAN, Minister 312 State Street
ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.
July 14, 1933
The Hon. B. M. Miller,
Governor of Alabama,
Montgomery, Alabama.
My dear Governor Miller:
For some time several
of the pastors and churchmen of our community
have been studying the case of the nine
Scottsboro negro boys. From the evidence we
have at hand, the whole affair seems to be a
sad misscarriage of justice.
Cases such as these of
these nine unfortunate boys and the case of
Tom Mooney go a long way toward undermining
public confidence in our system of justice.
To say that such undermining is progressing
very rapidly today is but mildly to state the
case. As we of the churches know, this is not
confined to radical elements but is very pre-
valent among the more thoughtful and cultured
classes. Its effect upon courts and justice as
administered through courts in the future, cannot
be definitely gauged today. One cannot escape the
conviction, however, that the effect will be most
disastrous.
Many of us are hopeful that
you will use your powers as governor to release
these boys and thus bring to an end this most
unfortunate affair.
Respectfully and sincerely yours,
Albert W. Kauffman
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SB_L_1933.07.14_1023
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 17, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Plymouth Methodist Protestant Church in Adrian, Michigan, to Hon. B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Plymouth Methodist Protestant Church (Adrian, Mich.)
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Plymouth Methodist Protestant Church (Adrian, Mich.); Christianity; Mooney, Thomas J., 1882-1942
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Albert W. Kauffman, the minister of Plymouth Methodist Protestant Church, writes that, given the evidence, the Scottsboro case seems to be a miscarriage of justice and that cases like it undermine public confidence in the justice system. He hopes that Governor Miller will use his power to release the Scottsboro Boys.
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1933-07-14
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United States--Michigan--Adrian
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English
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Q
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Q0000063043
Address
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2245 Bellfield Road, Cleveland Heights, OH
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Margaret Sasser
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N.A.A.C.P., Cleveland Branch (Cleveland, Oh.)
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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2245 Bellfield Road.
Cleveland Heights, Ohio,
January 30, 1932.
Scottsboro
Governor B.M.Miller,
State House,
Montgomery, Alabama.
Dear Sir:
In recent months I have collected a voluminous
file of material on the Scottsboro affair. My file
includes letters from several unusually well-informed
students of the case. These individuals embrace both
radicals and conservatives.
Nowhere can I discover a line which would lead
to the belief that any of the defendants are guilty of
any worse crime than being poor, friendless and black.
In my own mind I am convinced that the boys are
innocent. I am convinced that if they are executed, they
will die as martyrs to a benighted, stupid and unreasoning
prejudice, and nothing else.
The Scottsboro affair is now an international
incident. It is destined to be a subject for future
historians and will serve as an example of the status
of civilization in the United States of America in the
year 1932.
An American journalist of my acquaintance,
residing in Paris, said recently:
"I hesitate to think what will happen to
many Americans if the boys are executed, Europe is
thoroughly aroused."
Alabama cannot afford to be held up before
the world as a commonwealth which denies the element of
justice to the humblest of its citizens and prefers whole
sale murder to an honest searching after facts. It can-
not afford to murder Negroes in cold blood, merely be-
cause they are black. The civilized world will not be
willing to sit by and applause while a legal
lynching takes place in Kilby prison.
It may ultimately devolve upon you, as chief
executive of the state, to make a thorough investiga-
tion, unhampered by antiquated legal red tape. I
trust you will not be found wanting. Otherwise your
state will take its place as spiritually akin to Turkey
under the sultans and Russia under the czarz.
Respectfully,
David H. Pierce
President, Cleveland Branch.
N. A. A. C. P.
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SB_L_1932.01.30_0546
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 18, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Title
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Letter from David H. Pierce in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Pierce, David H., President, Cleveland Branch, N.A.A.C.P. (Cleveland, Oh.)
Subject
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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.)
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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.
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1932-01-30
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United States--Ohio--Cleveland Heights
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English
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Q
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Q0000063041
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61 West Ninth Street, New York, NY
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Margaret Sasser
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Uncertain; warns of mistreatment of youth
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ANNE PIERCE
61 WEST NINTH STREET
NEW YORK CITY
STUYVESANT-NINE 2050
Scottsboro
November 10, 1931
Honorable B.M. Miller
Montgomery
Alabama
Dear Sir:
As a Southern woman, may I add my word of protest on behalf
of the boys involved in the Scottsboro case ? It adds no-
thing to the fair reputation of the South to treat boys,
whatever their color, in such a manner. To deny them access
to their parents and to have them continually witness exe-
cutions, this seems to be a relic of mediaeval torture quite
indefensible and without purpose even if they are guilty and
most outrageous if they are not. In the latter case they will
be released to struggle with public life with this imprint
upon them.
In this day of psychology and child welfare and the study of
youth, it is certainly very retroactive for an intelligent
State to handle its youth in this manner, whatever their be-
havior. I wish, therefore, to add the protest of a Southern
woman, although I live at present in New York, against the
unintelligent handling of such matters. History proves that
it does nothing to prevent future crime but only increases
resentment and misunderstanding. Niether from the individual
nor from the social point of view can anything be said for
meeting violence with violence in such a manner.
Yours truly,
<u>Anne Pierce</u>
AP:ED
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SB_L_1931.11.10_0522
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 13, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Anne Pierce in New York City, to Honorable B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Pierce, Anne
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
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A Southern woman living in New York, Anne Pierce argues that, whether the Scottsboro Boys are guilty, their treatment in jail is "a relic of medieval torture quite indefensible." She writes that handling the youth in this manner does not help prevent future crimes, but just meets violence with violence.
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1931-11-10
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United States--New York--New York
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English
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Q
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Q0000063294; Q0000063295
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Birmingham, AL
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Margaret Sasser
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766 Infantry, Company L, United States Army
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AFTER 5 DAYS RETURN TO BIRMINGHAM ALA
rev. a. v. pierce DEC 11 1130 AM 1933
# 1a20. 21 st Ensley ala ENSLEY STA.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
Gov. Miller
Montgomery, Ala.
Dec. 4, 1933
Gov. Miller:
I appeal for justice in the behalv of the Negro race in the State of Alabama
and the United States of America.
I am a World War Veteran, served in the 766 infantry, Company L, one who helped
to fight to searve your country and your people. You promised to give me and
my people liberation and justice. You and your people refused to give us this;
here we live in your land and your country, we are like children without father
or mother.
Justice is one of God's attributes and requires all who rule to do justice by
all men; se that you and all that have the authority to rule, I know you can
help if you will. I ask you that rule to give that Nine Scottsboro Boys and
Willie Peterson, who fought for you and others, to give them justice.
I am one of your ministers and I ask you to give justice to the Negro race.
That is all we ask for in your land and country, yours in Christ,
Rev. A. V. Pierce.
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SB_L_1933.12.04_1104
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004241, Folder 3, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Rev. A. V. Pierce, to Gov. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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Pierce, A. V., Rev.
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
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Rev. A. V. Pierce, a World War I veteran, wonders why African Americans in the United States may fight for justice but receive none at home. He asks Governor Miller to give justice to African Americans.
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1933-12-04
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United States--Alabama--Birmingham
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English
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Q
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Q0000063123; Q0000063124; Q0000063125; Q0000063126
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1837 Dickinson St., Philadelphia, PA
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Franky Abbott
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Church, School, Fraternal and Social Services Groups of Philadelphia
Stance
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Not guilty; release
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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
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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.
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1933-04-04
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United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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English
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Postcard
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Q
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Q0000063052; Q0000063053
Address
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Cincinnati, OH
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Stance
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Not guilty; release
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Individual Voices
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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
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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
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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 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.
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1932-04-16
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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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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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Q
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Q0000063106; Q0000063107
Address
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543 W. 123 St., New York, NY
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Affiliation
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Rice Institute (a graduate of)
Stance
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Uncertain; insists on a fair trial
Group
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Transcription
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Luke Osburn
543 W. 123 St.
N. Y. C. NEW YORK N.Y. STA. J1
MAR 29
8-PM
1933
The Governor of Alabama
Baton Rouge, Alabama.
543 W. 123 St., N. Y. C.
The Governor of Alabama,
Baton Rouge, Alabama.
Dear SIR:
I should like to urge you to use you influence in
assuring to the Scottsboro Boys a just trial. I believe I
voice the sentiment of enlightened America when I ask this.
I have lived many years in the South and I love it. We are
not criticizing the State of Alabama, and we have no intense
interest in saving the lives of certain negros whom we have
never seen. But we are decidedly interested in the principle
of the thing. After a fair trial and air-tight evidence, we
shall have nothing more to say if they are executed. But we
do not wish America and the State of Alabama to be shamed by
the conviction of innocent people--or the conviction of even
guilty people without ^fair^ trial. It is that right of every human
being on earth to a fair trial before punishment that we will
fight for from this day on to the crack of doom.
This pleasant little matter of the jury.... I wonder
how a white man would like to be tried by a jury all Chinese, or
Mexicans, or Tasmanians, or Eskimos? How would a white man who
had raped a negress like to be tried by an all-black jury? Would
he have a chance of a fair trial?
I call myself a Southerner, but I tell the State of
Alabama this: If you convict the Scottsboro Boys on bad evidence
and with an all-white jury, it will be an everlasting stain on
your state and it will not be forgotten. (And by the way I am
not a negro but a white and a graduate of the Rice Institute
in Houston, Texas.Yours truly,
Luke Osburn
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SB_L_1933.03.29_0784
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 22, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Luke Osburn in New York City, to The Governor of Alabama in Baton Rouge, Alabama.
Creator
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Osburn, Luke
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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Luke Osburn asks Governor Miller to use his influence to give the Scottsboro Boys a just trial. He writes that he does not criticize the state of Alabama and he is not particularly interested in the Scottsboro Boys themselves, but he is especially concerned about the principle of a fair trial, namely "air-tight evidence" and a jury of peers.
Date
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1933-03-29
Coverage
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United States--New York--New York
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English
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Text
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Letter
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Q
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Q0000063075
Address
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Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
Mediator
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Franky Abbott
Affiliation
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Communist Party
Stance
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N/A (asks governor to postpone execution)
Group
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Individual Voices, International Locations, Organization
Transcription
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Cabo Rojo, P.R.,
20 de junio de 1932.
Hon. Gobernador de Alabama,
Alabama,
Senor:
De acuerdo con la decision de las cortes seran ajus-
ticiados un grupo de jovenes negres dentro de podos dias.
Senor, en estos momentos en que el mundo entero se agita
y se precipita al borde de una revolucion social se impo-
ne un sereno y ecuanime proceder. No creemos que sea la
forma mas correcta y adecuada de llevar a la silla elec-
trica a esos jovenes negros para que de esa manera se
les castigue por un delito cometido. Creemos firmemente
que un delito no se lava ni se esruma su aureola de mal-
dad con otro delito como lo es el de matar a quien mata.
Mataron esos jovenes negros a alguien? No lo sabemos.
Pero cualquiera que haya sido su delito, no debe aparejar-
le la pena capital habida cuenta de que es un delito mayor
el que se comete cuando sun piedad y misericordia alguna
son llevados a la silla electrica.
En nombre de la santa libertad, en nombre de los
mas puros sentimientos de humanidad, en nombre toda esa
democracia de que se vanagloria el pueblo americano, tened
piedad y misericordia, senor, de esos jovenes negros. Or-
denad, senor, que se posponga la ejeccion de ellos para
que vuestra conciencia no os acuse de un mal peor que el
que esas pobres victimas hayan causado a la sociedad.
Nosotros protestamos energicamente contra ese acto
cruel de matar en nombre de la justicia. Eso no es humano,
senor. Eso es retroceder a la barbarie. Eso es aumentar
el caos social en que se desenvuelve este mundo. Oid nue-
tra suplica no por el bien que se pueda hacer a esos des-
graciados, sino por la tranquilidad vuestra.
Por el grupo comunista,
Miguel Ortega
Jinto Berenguer
Translation
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Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
June 20, 1932
Honorable Governor of Alabama
Alabama
Sir:
In accordance with the decision of the courts, a group of young, Negro men will be brought to justice in a few days. Sir, in these times when the entire world is agitated and on the verge of a social revolution, this course of action is being taken coldly and without feeling. We do not believe it is correct to send these young men to the electric chair for the crime committed. We do not believe their alleged crime to be as serious as the taking of another human life.
In the name of holy liberty, in the name of the purest human sentiments, in the name of the democracy in which the American people take pride, take pity upon and have mercy with these young Negroes, sir. Postpone their execution so that your conscience does not accuse you, sir, of a crime worse than that which these poor victims may have caused society.
We vigorously protest this cruel act of execution in the name of justice. This action is not human, sir. It is a return to barbarism. It will increase the chaos into which the world is now descending. Hear our plea, not for the good it may do for these unfortunates, but rather for the sake of your own peace.
For the communist group,
Miguel Ortega
Justo Berenguer
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SB_L_1932.06.20_0720
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 7, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Miguel Ortega and Justo Berenguer in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, to Hon. Gobernardor de Alabama, Alabama.
Creator
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Ortega, Miguel and Justo Berenguer
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Communism in Puerto Rico
Description
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Two Puerto Rican communists plead with the Governor to postpone the execution of the Scottsboro Boys. The letter makes the case for postponement by advocating against the death penalty in all contexts and asks the Governor to show mercy for his own "peace of mind."
Date
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1932-06-20
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Puerto Rico--Cabo Rojo
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Spanish
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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.
Communist parties