Telegram from Socorro Rojo Juventud Comunista Unión Sindical in Bogotá, Colombia, to Gobernador in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Socorro Rojo Internacional (San Salvador, El Salvador); Socorro Rojo Juventud Comunista Unión Sindical (Bogotá, Colombia); International Red Aid
Socorro Rojo Juventud Comunista Unión Sindical (International Red Aid Communist Youth Union), representing Colombian workers, protests the repression of the Scottsboro Boys and demands their freedom. This telegram arrived in the same month that the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the Scottsboro cases.
Socorro Rojo Juventud Comunista Unión Sindical
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_0674
Colombia--Bogotá
Telegram from Rote Hilfe Schweiz in Zurich, Switzerland, to Gouveneur Miller in Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Rote Hilfe (Zurich, Switzerland); International Red Aid; Communism
This telegram from 25,000 workers and 1,000 visitors of Rote Hilfe Schweiz (Red Aid in Switzerland) protests "the death of those Negro boys." It protests their deaths following the 1931 stay of execution pending appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court. Rote Hilfe (International Red Aid) was an international social service organization established by Communist International in 1922 to function as an international political Red Cross.
Rote Hilfe Schweiz (Zurich, Switzerland)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 8, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1931-07-07
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Telegram
German with English translation
Text
SB_T_1931.07.07_0480
Switzerland--Zurich
Telegram from participants in the Washington Park Forum Opening 38th Year in Chicago, Illinois, 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; Washington Park Forum (Chicago, Il.); Washington Square Park (Chicago, Il.)
Four thousand assembled citizens at the Washington park Forum Opening 38th Year demand a new trial for the Scottsboro Boys after their 1931 convictions. This telegram asks: "Is this southern justice [sic]"
Washington Park Forum (Chicago, Il.)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 2, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1931-05-18
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Telegram
English
Text
SB_T_1931.05.18_0023
United States--Illinois--Chicago
Telegram from National Student League City College Evening Chapter of New York in New York, New York, to Gov. H. B. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; City University of New York, City College; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912; Norris, Clarence, b. 1912; Callahan, William Washington, b. 1863; National Student League (U.S.) City College Evening Chapter
The National Student League City College Evening Chapter at City College of New York protests the "outrageous procedure and decision" of the courts in the 1933 trials and calls for the removal of Judge Callahan and the Scottsboro Boys' immediate release.
National Student League (U.S.) City College Evening Chapter (New York, N.Y.)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004240, Folder 8, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-12-07
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Telegram
English
Text
SB_T_1933.12.07_1069
United States--New York--New York
Telegram from National Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism in New York, New York, 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; National Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism (U.S.); Wagenknecht, Alfred
The National Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism's telegram to Governor Miller was supported by organizations of educators, physicians, and intellectuals numbering to 400,000 and signed by Albert Wagenknecht, Executive Secretary. The telegram describes the Ku Klux Klan and other "silver shirt" organizations as "fascist elements" responsible for the lynching climate of the South and the plight of the Scottsboro Boys. It demands a "stoppage to anti-Jewish and Negro baiting" and holds the Governor personally responsible for the safety of Scottsboro defendants, attorneys, and witnesses.
National Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism (U.S.)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004240, Folder 1, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-11-18
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Telegram
English
Text
SB_T_1933.11.18_1048
United States--New York--New York
Telegram from Mme. St. Clair in New York, New York, to Governor in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944;
In this telegram, "Mme St Clair" of New York pleads with Governor Miller for pardons for the Scottsboro Boys and offers to take their place in the electric chair.
St. Clair, Mme
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004240, Folder 9, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-12-02
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Telegram
English
Text
SB_T_1933.12.02_1070
United States--New York--New York
Telegram from International Labor Defense in New York, New York, 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; International Labor Defense; Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo), 1890-1980
Signed by National Secretary William L. Patterson of the International Labor Defense, this telegram to Governor Miller represents "millions of white and negro workers outraged" by the events in Scottsboro and the "lies" spreading about an alleged prison mutiny carried out by the defendants. It requests that Governor Miller remove "Deputy Dement," who attacked the boys. This telegram was one of many that reflect high local and national tensions around the outcome of the 1933 trial presided over by Judge Horton in Decatur. The ILD protests prison conditions for the defendants.
International Labor Defense (New York, N.Y.)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 17, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-04-28
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Telegram
English
Text
SB_T_1933.04.28_0911
United States--New York--New York
Telegram from First Siberian Broadcasting Station in Nowosibirisk in Novosibirisk, Soviet Union, 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;
Workers and employers of the First Siberian Broadcasting Station of Nowosibirisk in the Soviet Union join the "protest of the world proletariat" against the electrocution of the Scottsboro Boys and demand their unconditional release. This telegram arrived in the same month as the Alabama Supreme Court decision to uphold their 1931 sentences.
First Siberian Broadcasting Station in Nowosibirisk (Novosibirisk, Soviet Union)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 24, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1932-03-31
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Telegram
English
Text
SB_T_1932.03.31_0583
Soviet Union--Novosibirsk
Telegram from Cuban writers and journalists in Havana, Cuba, 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; Rodríguez Acosta, Ofelia, 1902–1975;
This telegram from Cuban writers and journalists to Governor Miller protests the impending execution of the Scottsboro Boys. They claim this as a "miscarriage of justice" and describe the defendants as the "victims of social and racial prejudice." They remind the Governor of the "lasting blot" this will leave on Alabama's record. Approximately 25 signers include feminist activist Ofelia Rodríguez Acosta, writer Jorge Mañach y Robato, and journalist Francisco Ichaso.
Cuban writers and journalists (Havana, Cuba)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004236, Folder 8, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1932-04-17
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Telegram
English
Text
SB_T_1932.04.17_0622
Cuba--Havana
Telegram from Confederación Sindical Latinoamericana in Montevideo, Uruguay, to Gobernador Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Confederación Sindical Latinoamericana; Communism
Confederación Sindical Latinoamericana (Latin American Trade Union Confederation), on behalf of Central and South American workers, protests the 1931 convictions of the Scottsboro Boys and calls for their immediate release. This organization was the Latin American branch of the Red International of Labour Unions—an international body established by the Communist International with the aim of coordinating Communist activities within trade unions.
Confederación Sindical Latinoamericana (Montevideo, Uruguay)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 7, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1931-07-10
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Telegram
Spanish
Text
SB_T_1931.07.10_0474
Uruguay--Montevideo