Letter from David H. Pierce in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, 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 Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Cleveland Branch (Cleveland, Oh.)
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.
Pierce, David H., President, Cleveland Branch, N.A.A.C.P. (Cleveland, Oh.)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 18, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1932-01-30
This material is a government record from the records of the Governor's Office of the State of Alabama and are subject to the provisions of 36-12-40 Code of Alabama, Rights of citizens to inspect and copy public writings.
Letter
English
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SB_L_1932.01.30_0546
United States--Ohio--Cleveland Heights
Telegram from the American Civil Liberties Union in New York, New York, to Hon. 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; American Civil Liberties Union (New York, N.Y.); Ward, Harry Frederick, 1873-1966; Hays, Arthur Garfield, 1881-1954; Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981
The American Civil Liberties Union demands military protection for the Scottsboro defendants and their attorneys in the November 1933 Decatur trial before Judge Callahan. The telegram is signed by Harry F. Ward (first national chairman of the ACLU), Arthur Garfield Hays (ACLU general counsel), and Roger N. Baldwin (executive director of the ACLU). The ACLU was founded in 1920, eleven years before the Scottsboro trials began.
American Civil Liberties Union (New York, N.Y.)
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004240, Folder 3, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
1933-11-22
This material is a government record from the records of the Governor's Office of the State of Alabama and are subject to the provisions of 36-12-40 Code of Alabama, Rights of citizens to inspect and copy public writings.
Telegram
English
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SB_T_1933.11.22_1053
United States--New York--New York