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Q
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Q0000063219; Q0000063220
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2066 Pine Street, San Francisco, CA
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Margaret Sasser
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Member of Community Chest, Mme. C. J. Walker Home for Girls, Mme C. J. Walker Club (San Francisco, Ca.)
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Not guilty; release
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Organization
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Mme. C. J. Walker San Francisco, Calif. 2
Home for Girls May 12 930 pm 1933
2066 Pine Street
San Francisco, Calif.
Gov. B. M. Miller,
State Capitol,
Montgomery,
Alabama.
Mrs. Tulip Jones, President Mrs. M. White, Chr. Literature and Education
Mrs A. B. Clarke, First Vice-President Mrs. M. B. Thomas, Chairman Program
Mrs. Laura Davis, Second Vice-President Miss Alice Reece, Chairman Forestry
Mrs. Ceina M. Hughes, Secretary Mrs. V. Dodd, Chairman Domestic Science
1207 Powell Street Mrs. Jennie Duncan, Chairman Mother's Work
Mrs. B. L. Tyrrel,. Financial Secretary Mrs. Eunice Wilks, Chr. Social Committee
Mrs. L. B. Richardson, Treasurer Mrs. E. L. Congo, Chairman Religious Work
Mrs. M. Dennis, Chairman Business Mrs. K. P. Bond, Chaplain
Miss L. B. Porter, Parliamentarian Mrs. Alice Carson, Social Worker
Mrs. Addie Davis, Chairman Exchange Mrs. Leila Flippen, Chairman Music
Member of Community Chest
Mme. C.J. Walker
Home for Girls
Miss Maragret C. Roberts, Superintendent
2066 Pine Street
Phone WEst 8861
Board of Directors
Mrs. I. B. Ruggles, Chairman
Mrs. Tulip Jones Mrs. M. Dennis
Mrs. Mattie Bonds Miss Alice Reece
May, 10-1933.
Gov. B. M. Miller,
State Capitol,
Montgomery, Alabama,
Gentlemen:-
We are joining in with the
National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, in asking for the
unconditional release of the Nine
Scottsboro Boys.
Yours for Justice,
Mme C. J. Walker Club.
Ceina M. Hughes, Sec'y.
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SB_L_1933.05.10_0960
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 7, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Mme C. J. Walker Club, to Gov. B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Mme C. J. Walker Club (San Francisco, Ca.)
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Mme. C. J. Walker Club
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The Mme. C. J. Walker Club of San Francisco joins the NAACP in asking for the release of the Scottsboro Boys.
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1933-05-10
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United States--California--San Francisco
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English
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Q
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Q0000063048; Q0000063049
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Address unknown
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Margaret Sasser
Affiliation
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Hemphill, Noyes & Co., 19th Annual I.B.A. Convention
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Guilty; lynch
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Individual Voices, Organization
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Gov. Miller:
Presumed you have been handed a copy of
this, but to make sure am passing this one on to you,
together with the feelings of the broken employees of
the South who are members of this organization.
When I was in Scottsboro around 30
years ago it wasn't necessary to tax the state with
the expense of a trial in a thing of this sort. I'm
sure you will not permit any pressure to weaken you.
These burr-heads are fortunate that they were not
burned. In fact, they should have been skinned, as
burning is too tame.
Hope Alabama will prove to the old
Confederates next week that the South appreciates
them. Such was not altogether the case last year
in Mississippi. The "show" seemed to be for the
sponsors, etc., with the old battlers betting by
the best they could.
CV Henshaw
May 24.
19TH ANNUAL I.B.A. CONVEN
Hemphil, Noyes & Co. PRIVAT
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SB_L_1931.05.24_0168
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 7, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from N. Henshaw to Gov. Miller.
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Henshaw, N.
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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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N. Henshaw writes to Governor Miller that the Scottsboro Boys should have been burned or skinned, makes veiled references to lynching in mentioning that in the past it "wasn't necessary to tax the state with the expense of a trial in a thing of this sort," and encourages the Governor to show he appreciates the old Confederates. The letter is on Hemphill, Noyes & Co. stationery and has no return address.
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1931-05-24
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English
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Q
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Q0000063296; Q0000063297; Q0000063298; Q0000063299
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108-20 37th Dr, Corona, Long Island, NY
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Franky Abbott
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Negro Businessmen's League (Corona, N.Y.)
Stance
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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G. J. Mehler CENT. ANNE N. 14
108-20- 37th Dr. DEC 7 330 PM
Corona L. J. 1933 GR
Governor Miller
State Capitol
Montgomery Ala.
1993
Christmas
Greetings
Corona L. J.
Dec 4, 1933.
Governor Miller
I'm writing as the Pres.
of the Negro Business men's
Legue, we protest the
savage lynch verdict of
Heyword Patterson handed
down by your servant
Judge Callahan, Or as you
ordered this to be done to all
members of the Black Race
That gov have judiscution on
me as 1161 member order you
to cast your voice in behalf
of these Innocent Victims of their awful frame up.
We are sponsering funds
and protection to organizer
through out the South for the
sole purpose of reaching out
and snatching these victims
from gov who feed your children
from the blood of the Black men
and weoman.
we are also organizing
to the extent to lynch one of you
when ever a negro is lynched as you have lynched us for
over 250 (two hundred + fifty
years.
sec. Mr. George J Mehler,
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SB_L_1933.12.04_1114
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004241, Folder 6, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Negro Businessmen's League in Corona, New York to Governor Miller in Montgomery Alabama.
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Negro Businessmen's League (Corona, N.Y.)
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Negro Businessmen's League (Corona, N.Y.); Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912
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Signed by "Dr. George G. Mehlen" and representing 1,161 members, this letter from the Negro Businessmen's League (NBL) of Corona, New York, protests the 1933 verdicts from Judge Callahan's court and declares the Scottsboro defendants' innocence. It claims the NBL is raising funds to protect them from the Alabama courts and government. The letter ends: "We are also trying to organize to the extent to lynch one of you whenever a Negro is lynched as you have lynched us for over 250 years."
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1933-12-04
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United States--New York--Corona
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English
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Q
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Q0000063006
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376 Broadway, South Boston, MA
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Franky Abbott
Organization
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Lithuanian Working Women's Alliance
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Not guilty; retrial
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Organization
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LITHUANIAN WORKING WOMEN'S ALLIANCE
BRANCH NO. THIRTEEN
376 Broadway S.Boston.Mass
Scottsboro
May 14, 1931
B.M.Miller, Governor
Montgomery, Ala.
Dear Sir:
The above organization assembled in a special meeting for the consideration
of the Scottsboro Case has decided to emphatically protest against the decision
to xxx kill these 9 innocent working class boys. After a careful consideration of
all the facts in the cas we can see that the only "crime" committeed by these
youngsters was the "crime" of being born with a black skin.
We demand that that these boys be given a new trial to expose the frame-up against
them with a jury composed of workers, at least half to be Negroes.
We are glad to join hands with all other organizations thruout the country
who are willing to expose this vicious attempt at a legal lynching.
Very Truly yours,
Paulina Antonuk
CHAIRMAN OF MEETING
(note: thruout - throughout, committeed - committed)
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 2, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Paulina Antonuk, Chairman of Meeting, Lithuanian Working Women's Alliance Branch No. 13 in South Boston, Massachusetts, to B. M. Miller, Governor in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Lithuanian Working Women's Alliance--Branch No. 13 (South Boston, Ma.)
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Lithuanian Working Women's Alliance
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Paulina Antonuk, "Chairman of Meeting, Lithuanian Working Women's Alliance Branch No. 13," calls for a new trial for the Scottsboro Boys with a "half negro" jury and frames their fate in terms of race and class.
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1931-05-14
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United States--Massachusetts--South Boston
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English
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Q
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Q0000063186; Q0000063187; Q0000063188
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129th St. and 7th Ave., New York, NY
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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Phyllis Wheatley Club (New York, N.Y.)
Stance
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Not guilty; no stance in regards to retrial or release
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J. E. Liggan, New York, NY
2210 Fifth Avenue, Apr 2[] 930 pm 1933
New York City.
Honorable Governor Miller,
Montgomery, Alabama.
Governor of the
State of Alabama.
-2-
4. We are living to-day in a world that is moving all the
time from one degree of intellect to another one that is
higher and still higher. White men have always had a better
chance to get some of this high and higher intellect.
It was sadly lacking in this jury that served at this trial.
5. It has also puzzled people all over the world why you as
Governor of the State of Alabama could read of this
terrible miscarriage of justice in every form, and you have
not lifted your voice once against it.
Surely as a man occupying such a high office as Governor
of the State of Alabama, <u>you must have some vestige of</u>
<u>humanity about you</u>; some sense of reason, to know that
these boys are innocent, and long ago should have been acquitted
The world at large knows and believes these boys are innocent,
then why spend Alabama's money foolishly in trials? This ex-
pense must come out of the pockets of the dwellers in that
particular county, either Scottsboro or Decatur, and I am
told the inhabitants of both of these places are the poorest
that we can find anywhere, both whites and Negros.
As Governor of the State of Alabama, everyone feels that
you could do much good in trying to set things right in this
(now) world wide case that has even reached other continents.
Do not let it be too late to do the good that you can do.
Remember Pontius Pilate, when Christ came before him on
trial and after hearing the evidence, what did he say?
"I do not find any wrong this man hath done." He then
called for a basin of water to wash his hands of the matter.
Governor Miller, do not stand ready to wash your hands, but
stand up and be a hero in the strife, especially when you
know how inhuman, how unfair, how unjust all of this pro-
cedure has been. A word from you in this great trial means
much in righting a great wrong.
6. Last but not least, may we hear a word from you. Our club
is most anxious to know your attitude in this famous trial.
Thanking you for an immediate reply, we are,
Sincerely yours,
Phyllis Wheatley Club,
Salem M. E. Church, N.Y.
Julia E. Liggon President,
2210 Fifth Avenue,
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SB_L_1933.04.21_0918
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 18, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Phyllis Wheatley Club in New York, New York, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Phyllis Wheatley Club (New York, N.Y.)
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Phyllis Wheatley Club (New York, N.Y.)
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The Phyllis Wheatley Club asks why rape is punishable by death in Alabama and why the state disregards constitutional law by refusing to allow African Americans to serve on juries. The club asks about other specifics of the case and urges Governor Miller not to stand idly by, but to stand up for the Scottsboro Boys. They hope for a response.
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1933-04-21
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United States--New York--New York
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English
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Q
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Q0000063173; Q0000063174; Q0000063175; Q0000063176; Q0000063177
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69 Bank Street, New York, NY
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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Pioneer Youth of America, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)
Stance
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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Organization
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New York, N. Y. Sta C [undecipherable] 12 10-pm 1933 Governor B.M. Miller <span style="text-decoration: underline;">State Capitol Building</span> Montgomery <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Birmingham</span> Ala. Sixty-nine Bank Street New York, N.Y. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">COPY</span> Concerned with justice and equality of opportunity for boys everywhere, and especially for the underprivileged and unemployed, we deplore the decision of the Decatur, Ala, jurors, in rendering the death verdict in the trial of Haywood Patterson in what is known as the Scottsboro case. We commend the fairness of the presiding judge, but regard the jury's verdict as one dictated by prejudices which make incalculably harder the work of fair play and social un- derstanding which our organizations aim at developing among boys and youth generally. We point to the fact that this whole lamentable situation was provoked partly by conditions of unemployment which sent the Negro lads out on the road job-seeking and resulted in conflict with their white fellow-hoboes; and we call upon a fair-minded public to anticipate similar conflicts by supporting recreational and social agencies seeking a general and effective solution of the problem of unemployed boys. (Signed) Walter Ludwig, Executive Director Pioneer Youth of America, Inc. (Signed) Abel Gregg, Executive Secretary for Boys Work, National Council Y.M.C.A (Signed) Weaver Pangburn, Director, Publicity Service, National Recreation Association PIONEER YOUTH OF AMERICA, Inc. Sixty - nine Bank Street - WAtkins 9-4627 - New York City April 12, 1933. Governor B.M. Miller State Capitol Bldg. Birmingham, Ala. Dear Governor Miller: The enclosed statement was submitted and discussed at a meeting of representatives of national agencies dealing with boys held yester- day in New York City. We are forwarding this protest of the Decatur decision to you be- cause it appears to us that there is a significant connection between the case of these Scotsboro boys and the problem of wandering and un- employed boys about which our agencies and the nation generally are con- cerned. We urge that you exert your good offices in the cause of justice and thus expedite our work with youth regardless of race, creed or sec- tion. Respectfully yours, wl.m Walter Ludwig Director President Thomas J. Curtis Vice-Presidents A. J. Muste Fannie M. Cohen Treasurer Walter Frank Advisors John Dewey William H. Kilpatrick Florence Curtis Hanson William F. Ogburn John Haynes Holmes Norman Thomas James Weldon Johnson Stephen S. Wise Chairman, National Committee E. C. Lindeman Chairman, Administrative Committee Henry R. Linville Executive Director Walter Ludwig BOARD OF DIRECTORS Officers and Mary C. Barker Elisabeth Gilman Henry R. Linville Alfred L. Bernheim Sidonie M. Gruenberg Clarice A. Rosenthal LeRoy E. Bowman Henry T. Hunt Harry Rubenstein Frank R. Crosswaith Elizabeth A. Irwin Agnes Sailer David Dubinsky Andrew J. Kennedy Rose Schneiderman John Edelman Lucile Kohn A. I. Shiplacoff Frederick V. Field Joshua Lieberman Arthur L. Swift CHAIRMAN SUBCOMMITTEES Club Work Experimental Camping Le Roy E. Bowman Peace Education Joshua Lieberman Reinhold Niebuhr Interracial Education Progressive Education Walter White Student Groups Elizabeth A. Irwin Elliot D. Pratt Labor Mill and Mining Town Play School Thomas J. Curtis Agnes Sailor ENDORSED BY American Federation of Teachers; American Federation of Hosiery Workers; Baltimore Federation of Labor; Central Trades and Labor Council of N. Y. and Vicinity; Central Labor Union of Philadelphia; Cloth Hat, Cap, and Millinery Workers Union; International Association of Machinists; Inter- national Brotherhood of Firemen ond Oilers; International Ladies Garment Workers; International Fur Workers Union; Pennsylvania Federation of Labor; United Hatters of America; United Textile Workers of America; and 162 Local Unions. THE NATIONAL INFORMATION BUREAU Pioneer Youth should not be confused with The Pioneers (Y. M. C. A.) or Young Pioneers of America (Communist). 181
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 16, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Pioneer Youth of America, Inc. in New York, New York, to Governor B. M. Miller in Birmingham, Alabama.
Creator
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Pioneer Youth of America, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Pioneer Youth of America, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)
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From the director of the Pioneer Youth of America, Inc., this letter includes a copy of a statement about the Scottsboro case, produced from a meeting of representatives of national agencies in New York. The director writes that the case of the Scottsboro Boys is closely linked with the mission of the Pioneer Youth of America to deal with wandering and unemployed boys. He hopes that court decisions will not be ruled by prejudice and that officials will let organizations deal with struggling youth.
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1933-04-12
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United States--New York--New York
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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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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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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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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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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.
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Pierce, A. V., Rev.
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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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Q
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Q0000063012
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1236 Washington Street, Lincoln, NE
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Margaret Sasser
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State of Nebraska Senate Chamber
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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"Put God First In All Things"
[Man with hammer
with countryside
and hills behind] Scottsboro
To The Honorable State of Nebraska
B.M.Miller Governor SENATE CHAMBER
of Ala. FORTY-SIXTH SESSION
Lincoln 4/24/31.
To the Governor of the great state of Alabama, I am
taking this advantage to write you in the interest of these 9 [Nego]
Negro boys and men that are under the death sentence in your state. I have
I have studied the situation from News Papers information. I am to con-
fess that I do not believe your christian heart will permit such a thg
thing a thing to take place during your administration.
I am southern borned, and know something about the south
ern Negro. In the first place you will have to agree with me that the girls
-ernxNegroxxxInxthexfirstxplacx placed themselves in the wrong relationship,
secondly I doubt very much as to the truth of these Negroes forcing or even
xx trying to force these girls, but the girls would natually be in sympathy
with the white boys that were put out of the cars, and I see no good reason
why they would remain in the car with these Negro boys.
You know what and easy matter it is to convict a Negro
in your state for a crime he never committed, while the couts dec-
clare all men innocent until proven guilty, we have turned the thing around
when dealing with the Negro. I pause here to say I am a minister of the
gospel of Jesus Christ and am a firm believer in the teachings of the bible
Which say "Be not deceived, God is not mocked whatsoever a man soweth, that
shall he also reap". While this sentence come thru a court decision, you
hold it within your power as Governor to commute to life sentence.
If these Negro boys are Electrocuted under your admin-
istration, it will be a case without precedence in the U.S. and will leave
a black mark on the history of the State of Ala. that will always detract
from the high moral status of the Governor that permitted this act to be
Legislature, and I believe in justice and fair play to all men.
I remain your in His name. Rexv O.J.Burckardt
1236 Washington St.
Lincoln Nebr.
Ps. Some how I have been prompted to write you this letter
hoping that you may note the contents prayerfully, supposing such a
charge under like conditions was made against your own son, what xxxx
would be your decision in the case.
Rev. O.J. Burckhardt
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SB_L_1931.04.24_0182
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 8, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Rev. O. J. Burckhardt, Lincoln, Nebraska, to the Honorable B. M. Miller Governor of Alabama.
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Burckhardt, O. J., Rev.
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Christianity
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Rev. Burckhardt writes that he believes in "justice and fair play for all men" and hopes that Governor Miller will treat the Scottsboro Boys as innocent until proven guilty, or else there will be "a black mark" on his administration and the state of Alabama. The letter is on State of Nebraska Senate Chamber letterhead.
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1931-04-24
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Q
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Q0000063051
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Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama
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Margaret Sasser
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Tuskegee Institute
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, ALABAMA
ROBERT R. MOTON
April 14, 1931.
Dear Governor:
I am writing to thank you for the promptness
and effectiveness of your action looking toward
the prevention of a horrible tragedy at Scottsboro
which, I am sure, had it transpired, would have
shocked the moral sense of the whole country, and
placed a stigma on out great state, wholly unde-
served for law and order which has been maintained
now for many years by her citizens.
The prompt and orderly process of punishing
crime meets with the hearty approval of all wor-
thy citizens in both races; but the end of the
law is justice and I am confident that in this
case you will see that such protection as the
courts can give will be meted out to the humblest,
the poorest - yes, and the blackest member of our
commonwealth.
Very sincerely yours,
R.R. Moton
c/
Hon. B.M. Miller
Governor of Alabama
State Capitol
Montgomery, Alabama
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004236, Folder 1, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Robert R. Moton in Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, to Hon. B. M. Miller, in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Moton, Robert R.
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Tuskegee Institute
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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.
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1931-04-14
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United States--Alabama--Tuskegee
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