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Q
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Q0000063156; Q0000063157
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New York, NY
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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International Labor Defense, N.Y. District (New York, N.Y.)
Stance
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Not guilty; retrial
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Organization
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SB_F_1933.04.13_0889
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 15, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Flyer from International Labor Defense in New York, New York, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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International Labor Defense, N.Y. District (New York, N.Y.)
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912; Bates, Ruby, -1976; International Labor Defense; Horton, James Edwin, 1878-1973; Knight, Thomas E., 1898-1937; Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
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The New York District International Labor Defense, the legal arm of the American Communist Party, prepared this flyer urging people to send telegrams to Governor Miller, Attorney General Knight, Judge Horton, President Roosevelt, and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. The form flyer makes six demands including postponement of the trial, a change of venue to Birmingham, Alabama, a jury made up of Negroes and white workers, protection for the young men, a disbanding of all K.K.K. lynch gangs, and a right of self defense of Negro and white workers. Several noteworthy individuals were slated to speak at the event, including Haywood Patterson's mother.
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1933-04-13
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United States--New York--New York
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English
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Text
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Flyer
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Q
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Q0000063180; Q0000063181
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Philadelphia, PA
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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Scottsboro Defense Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Stance
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release, but is against "legal lynching"
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SB_F_1933.04.26_0910
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 17, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Flyer from Scottsboro Defense Committee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to The Governor of Alabama, Executive Mansion in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Scottsboro Defense Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912; Scottsboro Defense Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Sent to "the Governor of Alabama," from the Scottsboro Defense Committee of Philadelpia, this flyer advertises a march from Philadelphia to Washington, to be held on April 26, 1933, in protest against the "legal lynching" of the nine defendants. It calls for a mass protest by Negro and white workers in order to save the Scottsboro Boys.
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1933-04-26
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United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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English
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Flyer
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Q
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Q0000063116; Q0000063117
Address
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923 N 48 St, Philadelphia, PA
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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2nd Baptist Ministers' Conference of Phila. and Vicinity
Stance
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Not guilty; pardon Haywood Patterson
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Organization
Transcription
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23 N 48 st
Phila. Pa.
PHILADELPHIA PA 4
APR 11
10 30 PM
1933
Honorable B. M. Miller D
Governor of Alabama
Montgomery, Aabama
2nd Baptist Ministers' Conference of Phila. and Vicinity
MEETS AT UNION BAPTIST CHURCH EACH MONDAY
FROM 1:00 TO 3:00 P. M.
COR. MARTIN AND FITZWATER STREETS
REV. JAMES E. KIRKLAND, D. D.. PASTOR
OFFICERS COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
President New Members
REV. A. C. SKINNER, D. D. REV. JAMES MADREY
Vice President Arrangements
REV. JOHN SUMMERVILLE Philadelphia, Pa., REV. P. P. SAMUEL, D. D.
April 11, 1933
Secretary Hearing
REV. M. A. FOSTER, B. D. REV. W. H. BOWE
Honorable B.M.Miller D
Assistant Secretary Governor of Alabama Visiting
REV. P. Z. MOORE Montgomery Alabama REV. A. C. CALDWELL
White House
Treasurer Civic Affairs
REV. A. L. BRANCH, M. A. REV. R. M. MYERS
Devotion
REV. L. GARDNER
Honorable Sir:-
Memorials
We, the above REV. P. PICKETT
with a membership of many, assembled at the above place
April 10 and passed the following resolutions viz. :
I whereas, Haywood Paterson the first of the seven boys being
tried on the Scottsboro case charged with attacking two white girls
was found guilty notwithstanding thatRuby Bates, one of the alleged
victims of the attack, testified under oath, that she had been forced
to lie at the first trial and that she in fact had not been attacked
and knew nothing of any attack having been made upon Victoria Price.
II Whereas coroborated testimony provedconclusively the innocence
of Haywood Paterson of the crime alleged.
IIIwhereas the verdict of guilty returned by the jury on the evidence
of Victoria Price is a travesty of justice.
Therefore, be it resolved that we the above respectfully appeal to
the honor of the Honorable B.M.Miller D Governor of Alabama to use
the influence of his power to pardon Haywood Paterson and Respectful
ly submitter the above.
<u>Rev. A L. Branch</u>
Rev. P. Z. Moore Sec'ty
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SB_L_1933.04.11_0795
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 1, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from 2nd Baptist Ministers' Conference of Phila. and Vicinity in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Honorable B. M. Miller D in Montgomery, Alabama.
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2nd Baptist Ministers' Conference of Phila. and Vicinity
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912; Bates, Ruby, -1976; Price, Victoria, -1982
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This letter to Governor Miller asks that Haywood Patterson be pardoned, given the confession of Ruby Bates.
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1933-04-11
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United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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English
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Letter
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Q
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Q0000063260; Q0000063261
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Berkeley, CA
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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Berkeley Society of Friends (Berkeley, Ca.)
Stance
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Not guilty; release
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Organization
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San Francisco, Calif. 10
Oct. 6 730 pm 1933
Governor B. M. Miller.
Montgomery
<u>Alabama.</u>
H. R. Erskine Berkeley Friends Meeting
Clerk (Society of Friends)
1649 San Lorenzo Ave. Vine and Walnut Streets
Berkeley, Calif. Berkeley, California
5. X. 1933.
To His Excellency the Governor of Alabama.
B.M. Miller.
Montgomery, Alabama.
Dear Mr. Governor.
The Berkeley Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers)
would urge your consideration of the terrible
injustice in the case of the Scottsboro defendants.
Their long and cruel incarceration without the
possibility of bail, when, as Judge Horton said
in his recent decision, there is nothing but
discredited evidence against them; should
move the State and its representatives in
their behalf.
We would urge upon you then, that they
be immediately released, and that upon
such release adequate protection be provided
against mob violence.
We would not have you think that we
are without understanding or sympathy
with the difficulties of your position;
nor would we wish you to think we
are over critical of the State of Alabama.
We are too sadly aware of the short-
comings of our own State of California.
We do believe however that justice
demands that these negroes be freed.
(Mrs.) Hannah R. Erskine
Clerk.
M. Stanislawsky
/Ch./ Committee)
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SB_L_1933.05.10_1039
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 18, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Berkeley Friends Meeting in Berkeley, California, to His Excellency the Governor of Alabama in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Berkeley Society of Friends (Berkeley, Ca.)
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Berkeley Society of Friends (Berkeley, Ca.); Horton, James Edwin, 1878-1973
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The Berkeley Society of Friends ask for Governor Miller's consideration of the Scottsboro case, as even Judge Horton had made comments about the lack of credibility of the evidence. The group asks for the Scottsboro Boys' release and protection. They write that they are sympathetic with the difficulties of Governor Miller's position and are not trying to be overly critical of the state of Alabama.
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1933-05-10
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United States--California--Berkeley
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English
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Letter
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Q
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Q0000063031
Address
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9234 Pace Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Affiliation
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Sunday School Board of the National Baptist Convention
Stance
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Not guilty; takes not stance in regards to retrial or release but wants to stay the execution for further investigation
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Transcription
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C.H. DUVALL
MEMBER OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL BOARD
OF THE NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION
REPRESENTING THE STATE OF
ARIZONA
ADDRESS 9234 Pace Avenue
PHONE Los Angeles, California
June 1, 1931
PASTOR OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE MISSIONARY REST AND
BAPT. EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION
CHURCH
ROYAL COMMANDER OF K.A.M.C
PERFORMS MARRIAGES: ATTENDES FUNERALS
CONDUCTS REVIVALS AND MAKES A SPECIAL-
TY IN RAISING FUNDS FOR THE LIQUIDATION
OF LARGE CHURCH DEBTS, ETC.
A CARD WILL REACH ME AT THE ABOVE
ADRESS
To the Governor of the State of Alabama,
His Excellency ,
Sir:
There is awaiting execution of eight or nine Negro boy's in
Scottsboro, Alabama and from what I can glean through the papers
of the Southland, there is somewhat a doubt in the mind of the
people as to their actual guilt. However, it would be a presump-
tion on my part to attempt in any way whatever to criticise the
finding of the excellent jury who heard the case.
Your Honor, I am writing this letter unsolicited because I
believe there is mercy in the heart of the great Governor of the
State of Alabama. Born a slave myself and at one time was the
property of the famous General Abrahan Buford of Kentucky. Hence
I have had some experience in my seventy-five years in dealing
with my people. It is true if we are not all angels, it is equal-
ly true that we are not all devils and I am quite sure that your
Excellency will agree with my in this statement. The weeping and
wailing of their mother's and of many of our struggling group have
forced me to write this letter begging you to use your preogative
and stay the execution until further investigation can be made.
Believing as I do, your Honor, should you do so it would not
only permit you to be a blessing to humanity, but it would certainly
relieve the conscience's of those who are in power and would certainly
be a great favor to we old ex-slaves who have always tried to work
in conjunction with the white people for the betterment of out
people.
My dear Governor, if there be the slightest chance for mercy
in this case do show it at this point and thereby wipe the tears
away from our old weeping eyes and save a blot from the great name
of Alabama, the home of the greatest industrial center in the world
for my people.
Again I beg you to stay this execution.
Your most humble servant
C.H. Duvall
C. H. CuVall
CHD: DH
(note: criticise - criticize, Abrahan - Abraham, preogative - perogative)
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SB_L_1931.06.01_0405
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 40, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from C. H. DuVall in Los Angeles, California, to the Governor of the State of Alabama.
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DuVall, C. H.
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Baptist Church
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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."
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1931-06-01
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United States--California--Los Angeles
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English
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Letter
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Q
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Q0000063040
Address
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Av Francisco I. Madero 539
Treviño, 64570 Monterrey, NL, Mexico
Mediator
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Franky Abbott
Organization
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Cámara del Trabajo del Estado de Nuevo León (Labor Chamber of the State of Nuevo León)
Stance
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Not guilty; release
Group
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International Locations, Organization
Transcription
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CAMARA DEL TRABAJO DEL ESTADO DE N. L.
<u>MIEMBRO DE LA CONDERA SINDICAL UNITARIA DE MEXICO</u>
Dom. Ssocial.
C. Madero 539 Ote.
<u>Monterrey N. L. Mexico£</u>
Scottsboro
CAMARA DE TRABAJO Exp. JVB- 0 12.
unintelligable ASUNTO. Se proteste por xx
AGO 24 1931 el proseso de los 9 traba-
CONSFJO EJECUTIVO <u>jadores negros.</u>
MONTERRY, N. L.
Al Gobernador
del Estado de Alabama
de los U.S.A.
PRESENTE.
Este cuerpo compuesto en su tota-
lidad de Organizaciones de Obreros u Cmpesinos del Estado de-
Nuevo Leon, se une a las protestas dirijidas por el conglomera-
do obrero mundial contra el linchamiento legal de los nueve ino
centes jovenes negros, que el capitalismo de esta Nacion trata
de llebar a cabo formulando para ello una farza de jurado que-
es quien los condena a la eletrocucion imputandoseles haber vio
lado a dos mujeres blancas generalmente conocidas como prostitu
tas.- Al aunar nuestra protesta no podemos menos que recordar-
que en una Nacion que se dice civilizada y se le consagra hone-
naje a la estatua de la Libertad, y censurar los xxx hechos cri-
minales que se lleban con frecuencia a cabo por el Gobierno de
este pais en coniveneia con el capitalismo.-
Hemos venido spreciando que con frecuencis se-
condena a sufrir largas peas de pricion o a morir en la silla-
eletrica a los trabajadores formandoseles un simulado processo -
pero en el fondo solo se lleva la finalidad que siempre se ha te
nido xxxxxxxxar de terminar en esta froms con el decontento que
los trahajadores demuestran contra el actual cistema de injustic
cias e inquidades maxime cuando en los actuales momentos milla-
res de trabajadores se mueren de hambre en las calles de las pri
ncipales Ciudades de este Pais, mientras que los que integran --
los grandes centros capitalistas pasean por esses mismas calles
su opulencia ante la mi seria de quienes les producen la riqueza--
por lo que consideramos que al pretender llevarse a cabo la ele
trocucion de los nueve trabajadores negros de Scottsboro Alabama
U.S.A., no solamente los trabajadores negros de Scottsboro Alabama
trocucion de los nueve trabajadores de Estados Unidos esta-
ran a su defense si no tambien las naciones al sur de Estados --
unidos de Norte America, por lo que esperamos que hantes de dar
margen a un conflicto que podria car de fatales consecuenoias --
sean puestos en libertad los trabajadores que benemos mencionando
Esperando esa contestada la presente nos subcribimos
atentamente.-
CONTRA LA OPRECION CAPITALISTA
EL FRENTE UNICO OBRERO CAMPESINO¡¡¡¡¡
Monterrey. N. L. Agosto 24 1931.
Por el Comite Ejectivo.
Srio. Gral. Srio. de Org.
(undecipherable) (undecipherable)
Srio. de Agit Porp.
(undecipherable)
Translation
Translation to English
Cámara del Trabajo, State of Nuevo León
Member of the Confederación Sindical Unitaria of Mexico
Address: Medero Street 539 West
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Exp. JVB- O 18.
Subject: Protest of treatment of the nine Negro workers
To the Governor of the State of Alabama, USA
In person
This executive body of the Organizaciones de Obreros y Campesinos of the State of Nuevo León joins the protests by the world organizations of workers against the legal lynching of the nine innocent young Negroes, which the capitalist system of this nation is attempting to undertake by means of a legal farce that condemns them to electrocution for allegedly raping two white women generally known as prostitutes. As we raise our voices in protest, we cannot help but recall that this is a nation that calls itself “civilized” and venerates the Statue of Liberty. We protest criminal acts such as these, frequently perpetrated by the government of this country in the service of capitalism.
We have come to see that frequently workers are given long prison sentences or are condemned to die in the electric chair through misuse of the legal system. The actual purpose of these actions is to silence the discontent the workers show with the justice system as well as the social system, seeing that currently thousands of workers die of hunger in the principle cities of this country while the rich live in opulence right in front of those who generate their wealth. For this reason, in the face of attempts to carry out the electrocution of the nine Negro workers of Scottsboro, Alabama, USA, not only the workers of the United States but also those of the countries to the South will cry out in their defense. We hope that before entering into a conflict that could have fatal consequences, the Negro workers mentioned above will be set free.
We hope this letter will be answered.
Sincerely
Against Capitalist Oppression
The United Worker/ Farmer Front
Monterrey, Nuevo León August 24, 1931
For the Executive Committee
Secretary General Secretary of Propaganda Secretary of the Organization
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SB_L_1931.08.24_0498
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 10, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Cámara del Trabajo del Estado de Nuevo León in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, to The Governor, State of Alabama, U.S.A.
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Cámara del Trabajo del Estado de Nuevo León (Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico)
Subject
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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
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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.
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1931-08-24
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Mexico--Nuevo León--Monterrey
Language
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Spanish
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Q
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Q0000063235; Q0000063236; Q0000063237
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Oslo, Norway
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Franky Abbott
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Norsk Syndikalistisk Federasjon (Norwegian Syndicalist Federation)
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Not guilty; release
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International Locations, Organization
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Guvernoren i Alabama,
Montgomery ala
U. S. A
Oslo Lokale Samorganisasjon
Rødfyldgt. 8-10" Boks 2003, Oslo Telefon 12 132
[] & BRISTOL
TR 41 May 29 1933
Norsk Syndikalistisk Federasjon.
Organ ,,Alarm" - Boks 2003, Oslo.
Telefon 22132. Telegramadr.: ,,Federasjon".
NSF
Frihet Apr 27 1933
Oslo den 25/4 1933
Til Guvernoren i Alabama
Gjennem Den amerikanske legasjon i Oslo.
Kameratmöte i Oslo av Oslo, Bærums, Nordstrand, Nesodden, Oppegård og
Sörumsands lokale samorganisasjoner samt Oslo syndikalistiske ungdomslag vil
få uttale sin skarpeste protest mot opretholdelsen av dödsdommen mot de uskyl-
dige negergutter i Scottsboro i Alabama.
Vi anser at i og med at dere uskyldighet er bevist, må det også være en
selvfölge at de blir gjengitt sin frihet.
Vi ser i opretholdelsen av dödsdommen kun et utslag av rasehat og en an-
ledning til å ramme anderledes tenkende mennesker, en fremgangsmåte som lite
stemmer overens med rett og rettferdighet.
Vi forlanger derfor at disse unge negergutter blir frigitt, og så fremt ikke
så skjer vil vi i den utstrekkning som vi har anledning til det, arbeide for
en boikott av amerikanske varer inntil rettferdigheteh har vunnet seier.
For kameratmötet
Carl O. Faugen
Translation
Translation to English
Envelope
Oslo Local Unions
Box 2003, Oslo
Telephone 12132
Letter
Norwegian Syndicalist Federation
Organ “Alarm” Box 2003, Oslo
Telephone 12132 Telegram “Federation”
Oslo 4/25 1933
To the Governor of Alabama,
Through the American Embassy in Oslo.
The meeting of comrades in Oslo from the Oslo, Hærums, Nordstrand, Nesodden, Oppegård, and Sörumsands local Unions together with the Oslo Syndicalist Youth Organization wish to express their strongest protest against the upholding of the death penalty against the innocent Negro boys in Scottsboro, AL.
We take the view that since their innocence is proven, they must naturally be granted their freedom.
We see in the upholding of the death penalty only a manifestation of racial hatred and an effort to target differently thinking people, a process which scarcely is in accordance with law and justice.
We demand therefore that these young Negro boys be freed, and if this does not happen, we will to the extent possible work for a boycott of American goods until justice has prevailed.
On behalf of the meeting of comrades,
Carl O. Tangen
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 11, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Carl O. Tangen in Oslo, Norway, to Governor in Alabama in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.A.
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Tangen, Carl O.
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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
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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.
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1933-04-25
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Norway--Oslo
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Norwegian
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Q
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Q0000063239; Q0000063240; Q0000063241
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Lille, France
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Franky Abbott
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Comité Mooney-Scottsboro, Section de Lille (Mooney-Scottsboro Committee, Lille Section)
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Not guilty; release
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International Locations, Organization
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No 515. RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
(Août 1929-1/18 R. s. j. rose.)
J. 21348
ADMINISTRATION
DES AVIS DE RÉCEPTION.
POSTES DE FRANCE (1). AVIS DE PAYEMENT.
Timbre du bureau expéditeur de l'avis.
Envoi recommandé (..........)(2) 19(indecipherable)
Colis 27
Lettre-Boite-Colis NQH
avec valeur déclarée de .......
Mandat de poste de ............ (1)A Governor
enregistré au bureau de poste de Lille B.M. Miller
le 27-8 sous le no 100. Montgomery, Alabama
expédié par M N. L'aucier 158 rue Etats-Unis
et adressé à M de Molinel,Lille Nord (Lieu de destination)
à.............................. Service des postes..............
(1) Le recto est à remplir par l'Office d'origine. (Pays de destination.)
(2) Nature de l'envoi (lettre, imprimé, etc.). (1)A remplir par l'expéditeur.
(l'envoi )
Le soussigné dèclare que( ) mentionnè d'autre part
(le mandat)
(livrè)
a ètè dûment( ) le ...................................192.....
(payè )
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(1) Cet avis doit être signé par le destinataire ou, si les règlements du pays de
destination le comportent, par l'agent du bureau destinataire, et renvoyé par le premier
courrier directement à l'expéditeur.
Comité Mooney-Scottoboro
Section de Lille, le 26 Mai 1933
LILLE
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(France)
à Monsieur B. M. M I L L E R
Gouverneur à Montgomery ALABAMA
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(Etats-Unis)
Monsieur le Gouverneur,
C'est avec une indegnation profinde que nous apprenons
les nouvelles persécutions dont sont victimes dans leur prison,
les malheureux nègres de Scottoboro, de la part de l'Administra-
tion pénitentiaire de votre pays.
Cette semaine, nous avons appris la mort de l'un d'entr'eux,
PATTERSON, survenue, d'après la version officielle, au cours de
la répression d'une mutinerie.
Or, nous avons de sérieuses raisons de douter de l'exacti-
tude de cette explication qui laisse entière la responsabilité
de la justice Américaine dont l'attitude partiale au cours du
dernier procès a empêché la libération de nos frères de couleur,
malgré les preuves évidentes de leur innocence.
Nous élevons une protestation véhémente contre ces moeurs
barbares, indignes d'un grand pays qui se prétend à l'avant-garde
de la civilisation.
S'il veut lutter efficacement contre la loi du Lynch et la
haine de race, votre Gouvernement se doit de donner un exemple
en ordonnant la libération immédiate. de ces innocents, sous peine
de s'attirer la juste réprobation de la conscience universelle.
Le Secrétaire de la Section de Lille du
Comité Mooney-Scottoboro,
Maucir
N. Faucier 158 rue du Melinel - Lille _ Nord
(France)
Translation
Translation to English
Mooney-Scottsboro Committee
Lille section
France
Lille, 26 May 1933
To Mr. B.M. Miller,
Governor in Montgomery, Alabama, United States
Mr. Governor
It's with profound indignation that we learn about the new persecutions of which the unfortunate niggers are victims in their prison at the hands of the penitentiary administration in your country.
This week we learned of the death of one of them, PATTERSON, which happened, according to the official version, during the repression of a mutiny.
However, we have serious reasons to doubt the accuracy of this explanation which leaves intact the responsibility of the American justice system whose biased attitude during the last trial prevented the liberation of our brothers of color despite the obvious evidence of their innocence.
We raise a vehement protest against these barbarous customs unworthy of a great country that claims to be in the vanguard of civilization.
If it wants to fight efficiently against the Lynch law and race-based hate, your Government must set an example by ordering the immediate liberation of these innocents, under penalty of attracting the just condemnation of global consciousness.
The secretary of the Lille section of the Mooney-Scottsboro Committee
N. Faucier, 158 rue de Melinel, Lille, Nord, France
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SB_L_1933.05.26_0986
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 12, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Comité Mooney-Scottsboro, Section de Lille in Lille, France, to Mr. B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.A.
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Comité Mooney-Scottsboro, Section de Lille (Lille, France)
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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
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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.
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1933-05-26
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France--Lille
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French
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Q
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Q0000063043
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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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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 18, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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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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Q0000063046
Address
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Denver, CO
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Affiliation
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International Labor Defense
Stance
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Not guilty; release
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Individual Voices, Organization
Transcription
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INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE.
DENVER COLORADO.
January 19. 1932.
Governor B,M. Miller.
Montgomery Alabama.
I am a Working Woman, Who understands the class struggle, and
knowns the reasons for the cry of rape being raised against the
Negro workers. Understanding as I do, that this is a maens used
by the rulring class of the South, to keep the Colored and White
devided, to keep them from organizing together, to fight for their
rights as workers, and realizing that as members of the working class
our interests are the same. I see in these nine Colored boys, namely
Willie Robertson, Olen Montgomery, Andy Wright, Clarence Novis,
Ozie Powell, Ted Weems, Eugene Williams, Roy Patterson and Roy Wright.
my class Brothers. and firmly believing them to innocent of the
crime, with which they are charged. I raise my voice along with the
millions of workers in this Country who are demanding the immediate
and safe realse of these nine Boys.
Dorothy Eil.
R.S. Box 93m.
Stock Yards Station,
Denver Colo.
(notes: maens -- means, rulring -- ruling, devided -- divided, realse-- release)
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 19, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Dorothy Eil. in Denver, Colorado, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Eil., Dorothy
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; International Labor Defense
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This sender—"a working woman"—recognizes that the Southern ruling class uses racism and rape accusations to divide the white and black working class so that they do not unite and fight for workers rights together. The author declares that the Scottsboro Boys, whom she believes to be innocent, are her class brothers.
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1932-01-19
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United States--Colorado--Denver
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English
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Text
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Letter
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