Letter from Vigilante Committee, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority in Ardwick, Maryland, to the Honorable B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Vigilante Committee, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (Ardwick, MD)
The Delta Sigma Theta sorority of Ardwick, Maryland, asks Governor Miller to free the Scottsboro Boys at once and to do away with lynch law. The group asks him to uphold justice, as the eyes of the world are on Alabama.
Vigilante Committee, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (Ardwick, MD)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 16, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-07-10
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Letter
English
Text
SB_L_1933.07.10_1018
United States--Maryland--Ardwick
Letter from University of Chicago Student League, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912; National Student League (U. S.), University of Chicago Chapter
Members of the University of Chicago Student League unite in protest against the verdict of Haywood Patterson's second trial and ask Governor Miller to exercise his power to free the Scottsboro Boys.
University of Chicago Student League (Chicago, Il.)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 15, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-04-15
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Letter
English
Text
SB_L_1933.04.15_0893
United States--Illinois--Chicago
Telegram from the Universal Negro Improvement Association in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Universal Negro Improvement Association
Signed by "Joseph Walcott," this telegram from the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, protests the slated execution of the Scottsboro Boys. This group was a Canadian branch of Marcus Garvey's UNIA, the black nationalist fraternal organization founded in 1914 that promoted a shared international black pride and black economic self-sufficiency.
Universal Negro Improvement Association (Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004236, Folder 22, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1932-05-09
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Telegram
English
Text
SB_T_1932.05.09_0673
Canada--Nova Scotia--Glace Bay
Resolution from workers and farmers at the United Front May Day Conference in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; United Front May Day Conference (Red Deer, Alberta, Canada); Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912
This resolution from 400 workers and farmers assembled for the May Day Conference in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, protests the conviction of Haywood Patterson at the 1933 trial and demands immediate release for all the Scottsboro Boys. It connects lynch mob mentality to capitalism and the plight of the Scottsboro Boys to the oppression of workers.
United Front May Day Conference (Red Deer, Alberta, Canada)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 4, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-05-01
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Resolution
English
Text
SB_R_1933.05.01_0949
Canada--Alberta--Red Deer
Resolution from the United Farmers League in Puyallup, Washington, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; United Farmers League (Puyallup, Wa.)
Sent after the March 1933 verdict, the United Farmers League of Puyallup, Washington, demands the immediate release of the Scottsboro Boys. It refers to them as "nine innocent children now being subjected to the most dastardly frameup charge recorded in the history of our country."
United Farmers League (Puyallup, Wa.)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 18, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-04-21
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Resolution
English
Text
SB_R_1933.04.21_0921
United States--Washington--Puyallup
Resolution from United Association of Journeymen Plumbers and Steamfitters, Local Union No. 139 in Great Falls, Montana, to Governor B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912;
The United Association of Journeymen Plumbers and Steamfitters, Local Union No. 139, demand the unconditional release and protection of the Scottsboro defendants following the March 1933 verdict in Judge Horton's Decatur court. This resolution singles Haywood Patterson's case out for special protest.
United Association of Journeymen Plumbers and Steamfitters, Local Union No. 139 (Great Falls, Mont.)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 14, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-04-12
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Resolution
English
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SB_R_1933.04.12_0878
United States--Montana--Great Falls
Letter from Unit 10, Communist Party in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Governor B. M. Miller in State of Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Communist Party of the United States
Unit 10, Communist Party of Salt Lake City, Utah, protests the lack of protection given to the Scottsboro Boys and everyone involved with their case and demands that all charges be dropped and the Scottsboro Boys freed. They hold all authorities responsible.
Unit 10, Communist Party (Salt Lake City, UT)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004240, Folder 3, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-11-22
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Letter
English
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SB_L_1933.11.22_1051
United States--Utah--Salt Lake City
Telegram from Unión Escritores Proletarios Argentinos in Argentina, to Governor of Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944;
Unión Escritores Proletarios Argentinos
Unión Escritores Proletarios Argentinos (Argentine Proletarian Writers Union) protests the execution of the Scottsboro Boys after the 1932 Alabama Supreme Court decision to uphold the lower court's 1931 conviction and sentencing.
Unión Escritores Proletarios Argentinos
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004236, Folder 22, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1932-05-10
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Telegram
Spanish
Text
SB_T_1932.05.10_0672
Argentina--Buenos Aires
Resolution from L'Union des Ouvriers de la Solidarité Économique d'Haiti in Haiti to Governor B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.A
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Union des Ouvriers de la Solidarité Économique d'Haiti
Union des Ouvriers de la Solidarité Économique d'Haiti protests the Alabama Supreme Court's decision to uphold the execution of the Scottsboro Boys and calls for their immediate and unconditional release. The resolution includes a specific recommendation about the release of Eugene Williams, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment. This organization is part of a network of international communist organizations organizing around Scottsboro.
Union des Ouvriers de la Solidarité Économique d'Haiti (Haiti)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 3, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1932-05-13
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Resolution
French
Text
SB_R_1932.05.13_0689
Haiti
Resolution from Unemployed Councils, Branch 1 in Rockford, Illinois, to Governor Miller in Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Unemployed Councils, Branch 1 (Rockford, Il.); Armwood, George, 1911-1933
Signed by Unemployed Councils, Branch 1 from a "Local Anti-Fascist Conference" on December 10, 1933, this form resolution heeds the "call of the I.L.D." in protesting the "outrageous procedure and conduct of the Scottsboro trials." It expresses solidarity with "black brothers," condemns the practice of lynching in the "Southland," and calls for the immediate release of the Scottsboro defendants. It also asks for punishment for the lynchers of George Armwood, lynched in Princess Anne, Maryland, on October 18, 1933. Copies were sent to Judge Callahan, Governor Miller, and President Roosevelt.
Unemployed Councils, Branch 1 (Rockford, Il.)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004240, Folder 24, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-12-13
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Resolution
English
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SB_R_1933.12.13_1099
United States--Illinois--Rockford