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Q
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Q0000063275; Q0000063276; Q0000063277
Address
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415 Bellville St., Evergreen, AL
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Affiliation
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International Labor Defense
Stance
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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Individual Voices, Organization
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415 Bellville st, EVERGREEN
Evergreen, Ala Dec 1 PM
ALA.
Govner B, M, Miller
Mont gomery , Ala
MARY J. BIGGS
415 BELLVILLE ST.
EVERGREEN, ALA.
Dcoe First 1993
415 Bellville st
Evergreen, ala
Govner B, M, Miller Dear Sir,
May I, Ask A Favor Of you . And Your staff, The Internation
labor Defencse Ask A contribution of me in the be half xxx
of the Scottsborio New Trial For HaywoodPatTersonIn fact
Alof thoesNineBoys they Have had in Prisen Al this time
Since I did not have the donation I take This Methord
of helping Knowing That you are in the judge seat will you
order out the gardes in the time of their trial ifneed
bee, to protect them and there witness
very trully mary J, Biggs
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SB_L_1933.12.01_1077
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004240, Folder 11, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Mary J. Biggs in Evergreen, Alabama, to Govner B. M. Miller.
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Biggs, Mary J.
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; International Labor Defense
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Mary J. Biggs, an Alabamian, writes that the International Labor Defense asked her for a contribution to the Scottsboro Boys' fund. Because she did not have the money, she decides to write to Governor Miller to ask that he protect the boys.
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1933-12-01
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United States--Alabama--Evergreen
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English
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Letter
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Q
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Q0000063075
Address
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Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
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Franky Abbott
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Communist Party
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N/A (asks governor to postpone execution)
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Individual Voices, International Locations, Organization
Transcription
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Cabo Rojo, P.R.,
20 de junio de 1932.
Hon. Gobernador de Alabama,
Alabama,
Senor:
De acuerdo con la decision de las cortes seran ajus-
ticiados un grupo de jovenes negres dentro de podos dias.
Senor, en estos momentos en que el mundo entero se agita
y se precipita al borde de una revolucion social se impo-
ne un sereno y ecuanime proceder. No creemos que sea la
forma mas correcta y adecuada de llevar a la silla elec-
trica a esos jovenes negros para que de esa manera se
les castigue por un delito cometido. Creemos firmemente
que un delito no se lava ni se esruma su aureola de mal-
dad con otro delito como lo es el de matar a quien mata.
Mataron esos jovenes negros a alguien? No lo sabemos.
Pero cualquiera que haya sido su delito, no debe aparejar-
le la pena capital habida cuenta de que es un delito mayor
el que se comete cuando sun piedad y misericordia alguna
son llevados a la silla electrica.
En nombre de la santa libertad, en nombre de los
mas puros sentimientos de humanidad, en nombre toda esa
democracia de que se vanagloria el pueblo americano, tened
piedad y misericordia, senor, de esos jovenes negros. Or-
denad, senor, que se posponga la ejeccion de ellos para
que vuestra conciencia no os acuse de un mal peor que el
que esas pobres victimas hayan causado a la sociedad.
Nosotros protestamos energicamente contra ese acto
cruel de matar en nombre de la justicia. Eso no es humano,
senor. Eso es retroceder a la barbarie. Eso es aumentar
el caos social en que se desenvuelve este mundo. Oid nue-
tra suplica no por el bien que se pueda hacer a esos des-
graciados, sino por la tranquilidad vuestra.
Por el grupo comunista,
Miguel Ortega
Jinto Berenguer
Translation
Translation to English
Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
June 20, 1932
Honorable Governor of Alabama
Alabama
Sir:
In accordance with the decision of the courts, a group of young, Negro men will be brought to justice in a few days. Sir, in these times when the entire world is agitated and on the verge of a social revolution, this course of action is being taken coldly and without feeling. We do not believe it is correct to send these young men to the electric chair for the crime committed. We do not believe their alleged crime to be as serious as the taking of another human life.
In the name of holy liberty, in the name of the purest human sentiments, in the name of the democracy in which the American people take pride, take pity upon and have mercy with these young Negroes, sir. Postpone their execution so that your conscience does not accuse you, sir, of a crime worse than that which these poor victims may have caused society.
We vigorously protest this cruel act of execution in the name of justice. This action is not human, sir. It is a return to barbarism. It will increase the chaos into which the world is now descending. Hear our plea, not for the good it may do for these unfortunates, but rather for the sake of your own peace.
For the communist group,
Miguel Ortega
Justo Berenguer
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SB_L_1932.06.20_0720
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 7, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Miguel Ortega and Justo Berenguer in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, to Hon. Gobernardor de Alabama, Alabama.
Creator
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Ortega, Miguel and Justo Berenguer
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Communism in Puerto Rico
Description
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Two Puerto Rican communists plead with the Governor to postpone the execution of the Scottsboro Boys. The letter makes the case for postponement by advocating against the death penalty in all contexts and asks the Governor to show mercy for his own "peace of mind."
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1932-06-20
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Puerto Rico--Cabo Rojo
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Spanish
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Q
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Q0000063025
Address
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San Salvador, El Salvador
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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Socorro Rojo Internacional, Sección Salvadoreña, Comite Ejecutivo Nacional (International Red Aid, Salvadoran Section, National Executive Committee)
Stance
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Not guilty; release
Group
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International Locations, Organization
Transcription
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SOCORRO ROJO INTERNACIONAL
SECCION SALVADORENA
COMITE EJECUTIVO NACIONAL/
N.144-
S.R.I. San Salvador,
Julio lo. de 1931.
Scottsboro
Gobernador Miller
Montgomery
Alabama.U.S/ a/-
EL COMITE EJECUTIVO NACIONAL de la Seccion Salvadorena del SOCORRO ROJO INTER-
NACIONAL, P R O T E S T A de la manera mas energica por el acto salvaje, in-
humano y samguinario, que trata de perpetrarse en las personas de los nueve
jovenes negros trabajadores, a quienes se acusa de haber pretendido raptar a
dos mujeres blancas queviajaban en tren para Scottsboro, y que han sido conde-
nades a muerte todos,a excepcion del menor de todos que lo ha aido a prision
perpetua.
La sentencia habra de cumplirse segun lo fijado por el Tribunal el dia LO del
corriente; EL PROLETARIADO SALVADORENE militante en las filas del Socorro Rojo
Internacional, perfectamente solidarizado con el PROLETARIADO AMENRICANO, E X I
J E la LIBERTAD INMEDIATA, de los nueve jovenes negroe.
Por el Comite Ejecutivo Nacional
Ismael Hernandez
f. Ismael Hernandez
Srio. Gral.
Translation
Translation to English
Socorro Rojo Internacional
Salvadoran Section
National Executive Committee N 144
San Salvador
July 1, 1931
Governor Miller
Montgomery
Alabama USA
The National Executive Committee of the Salvadoran branch of the Socorro Rojo Internacional protests in the strongest terms the savage, inhuman and bloody act that is being perpetrated upon the nine young Negro workers who have been accused of the attempted rape of two white women who were travelling by train to Scottsboro. These men were condemned to death, with the exception of the youngest, who received a life sentence.
According to the court, the sentence is to be carried out the 10th of this month. The Militant Salvadoran Proletariat, which counts itself among the ranks of the Socorro Rojo Internacional, in solidarity with the American Proletariat, demands the immediate release of the nine young Negroes.
For the National Executive Committee
f. Ismael Hernandez
Secretary General
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SB_L_1931.07.10_0362
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 29, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Title
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Letter from Socorro Rojo Internacional, Sección Salvadoreña, Comite Ejecutivo Nacional in San Salvador, to Gobernador Miller in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.A.
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Socorro Rojo Internacional, Sección Salvadoreña, Comite Ejecutivo Nacional (San Salvador, El Salvador)
Subject
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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); International Red Aid; Communism
Description
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Socorro Rojo Internacional, Sección Salvadoreña, Comite Ejecutivo Nacional—the Salvadoran branch of International Red Aid—demands the immediate release of the Scottsboro Boys, including Eugene Williams, who was sentenced to life imprisonment as a minor. This letter is part of a broad international campaign from Communist International to protest the Scottsboro sentencing at the 1933 Decatur trials, at which Judge Horton presided.
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1931-07-10
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El Salvador--San Salvador
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Spanish
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Text
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Q
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Q0000063286
Address
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Room 611, St. Denis Bldg., 80 East 11th St., New York, NY
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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Executive Committee of the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners (New York, N.Y.)
Stance
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
Group
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Organization
Transcription
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NATIONAL COMMITTEE
FOR THE DEFENSE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS
ROOM 611, St. DENIS BLDG., 11TH ST. & B'WAY, NEW YORK CITY
June 16, 1933 Phone: STuyvesant 9-5439
SHERWOOD ANDERSON
NEWTON ARVIN Governor B. M. Miller,
WILLIAM ROSE BENET Montgomery, Ala.
FRANZ BOAS
ANITA BRENNER Sir:
CRANE BRINTON
LESTER COHEN Word received by us today through a local friend of the
ELEANOR COPENHAVER Scottsboro boys, informs us of a new campaign of starvation and
GEORGE S. COUNTS brutality carried on by the officials of the Birmingham County
COUNTEE CULLEN jail against the lads, whose case has already aroused the in-
MALCOLM COWLEY furiated interest of the whole civilized world.
BRUCE CRAWFORD
H. W. L. DANA Our informant, whose own terror of conditions in
FLOYD DELL Birmingham is so great that his name must be kept secret for
THEODORE DREISER the time begin, writes that: "The boys...don't get enough
CLIFTON FADIMAN food and are flogged daily. They asked me to write you and ex-
EDGAR FRALEY plain how they are being treated... They are housed in a small
WALDO FRANK cell where no one can see them."
HUGO GELLERT
LYDIA GIBSON The National Committee for the Defense of Political
MURRAY GODWIN Prisoners recognizes this fresh brutality as a part of a policy
MICHAEL GOLD of terror and lynch madness which has existed since these boys
EUGENE GORDON were first arrested on charges which the whole world has recog-
C. HARTLEY GRATTAN nied as framed. We see this as a phase of the general intimi-
PAUL GREEN dation and persecution of the Negro people in this country and
JOHN H. HAMMOND, JR. particularly in the Southern Sates. Before this we have made
JULIUS HEIMAN clear the social and economic causes for this kind of suppression,
JOSEPHINE HERBST which affects the white worker no less than the Negro.
GRANVILLE HICKS
SIDNEY HOWARD In the name of our membership of writers, artists, and
QUINCY HOWE professional men, the roster of which includes such names as
LANGSTON HUGHES Sherwood Anderson, Mark Van Doren, Paul Green and Suzanne La
MAXWELL HYDE Follette; and no less in the name of the international thousands
WILLIAM N. JONES of workers, scientists, lawyers, and humanitarians who have been
LEON KAHN aroused to the defense of the Scottsboro boys, we protest the
ALFRED KREYMBORG present brutality against them.
SUZANNE LAFOLLETTE
MELVIN P. LEVY We demand for the nine Scottsboro boys the immediate
ROBERT MORSS LOVETT resumption of full prison privilege. We demand the lifting of
GRACE LUMPKIN the status of incommunicado in which they are being held. We
ROSE McCLENDON demand for them decent and plentiful food. We demand that all
EDNA St. VINCENT MILLAY physical brutality and corporal punishment on the part of guards
LEWIS MUMFORD and others cease immediately and that the guilty individuals
HENRY NEUMANN receive punishment.
JOSEPH NORTH
GEORGE NOVACK This letter is being sent in duplicate to the Prosecuting
SAMUEL ORNITZ Attorney of the State of Alabama and to the Warden of Birmingham
ANNA PENNYPACKER jail. It is also being released to the press and generally to the
JOHN COWPER POWYS friends of the National Committee and of the Scottsboro boys.
BURTON RASCOE
ELMER RICE Very truly yours,
JAMES RORTY Melvin P Levy
EDWARD SAPIR Melvin P. Levy, for the
ISIDOR SCHNEIDER Executive Committee of the
PAUL SIFTON NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENSE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS
UPTON SINCLAIR
HERBERT SOLOW
JOHN L. SPIVAK
LINCOLN STEFFENS
BERNHARD J. STERN
LOUISE THOMPSON
WILLIAM M. TROTTER
MARK VAN DOREN
MARY HEATON VORSE
CHARLES R. WALKER
EDMUND WILSON
WALTER WILSON
ELLA WINTER
[indecipherable] 357 JOHN DOS PASSOS, Treasurer JOSHUA KUNITZ, Sec'y
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SB_L_1933.06.16_0994
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 13, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from the Executive Committee of the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners in New York, New York, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Executive Committee of the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners (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; National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners (Executive Committee)
Description
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The Executive Committee of the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners writes that members have heard of starvation and brutal tactics carried out by the officials at the Birmingham County jail against the Scottsboro Boys. They write that they see this as "a phase of the general intimidation and persecution" of the Scottsboro Boys and African Americans in the South that has occurred since their arrest. They demand the restoration of the Scottsboro Boys' full prison rights.
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1933-06-16
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United States--New York--New York
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English
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Q
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Q0000063034
Address
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Wynndel, British Columbia, Canada
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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Farmers Educational League (Wynndel, B.C., Canada)
Stance
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Not guilty; release
Group
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International Locations, Organization
Transcription
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Scottsboro
Wynndel B.C., Canada
July 14, 1931.
Governor B.M. Miller
Birmingham, Ala.
Dear Sir,
We The Farmers Educational League
do emphatically protest against the
legal lynching of the eight negro boys
of Scottsboro.
When these boys were tried in an
atmosphere of rage, hysteria and class
vengeance, and that they were tried as
negroes and not as ordinary white men
was proven by the heredity and
fierceness of the trial
We demand then these boys be
released as they were only convicted
on prejudiced evidence.
Farmer's Educational League
Thos. E. Mountford Sect.
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SB_L_1931.07.14_0444
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 4, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Thos E. Mountford in Wynndel, British Columbia, Canada, to Governor B. M. Miller in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Farmers Educational League (Wynndel, B.C., Canada)
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Farmers Educational League (Wynndel, B.C., Canada)
Description
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Recorded by the secretary of the Farmers Educational League of Wynndel, Canada, this letter is mistakenly addressed to Governor Miller in Birmingham instead of Montgomery. The league protests against the legal lynching of the Scottsboro Boys, and believes them to have been "convicted on prejudiced evidence." The league asks for their release.
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1931-07-14
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Canada--British Columbia--Wynndel
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English
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Q
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Q0000063266
Address
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Salt Lake City, UT
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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Unit 10, Communist Party (Salt Lake City, UT)
Stance
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Not guilty; release and pardon
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Organization
Transcription
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Salt Lake City, Utah. Nov. 22, 1933
Governor B. M. Miller
State of Ala.
Sir:
We hereby enter our emphatic protest against the indifference
of the authorities of Decatur and the State of Alabama, by their
neglegt to furnish full and adequate protection to Attorneys,
witnesses and defendents in the trial of the Scottsboro Negro
boys.
Absolutely convinced of their innosence of the crime for which t
they are charged, we demand all charges be dropped and their
unconditional freedom.
We also demand full protection for all concerned during the trial.
We are holding the respective authorities fully responsible for
whatever may happen to the defendents, witnesses and attorneys.
Sincerely yours
C J Nelson
Unit 10, Communist Party
Salt Lake City, Utah.
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SB_L_1933.11.22_1051
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004240, Folder 3, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Unit 10, Communist Party in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Governor B. M. Miller in State of Alabama.
Creator
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Unit 10, Communist Party (Salt Lake City, UT)
Subject
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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
Description
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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.
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1933-11-22
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United States--Utah--Salt Lake City
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English
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Text
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Letter
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Q
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Q0000063042
Address
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Office No. 15, Trades Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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South African Trades & Labour Council, Executive Committee (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Stance
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Not guilty; retrial
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International Locations, Organization
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SOUTH AFRICAN TRADES & LABOUR COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
P.O. BOX 5592 OFFICE No. 15. TRADES HALL.
PHONE 6597 (SEAL) JOHANNESBURG.
26th August, 1931
The Governor of Alabama, Scottsboro
Alabama,
<u>U.S.A.</u>
Sir,
The Executive Committee of the above Council
had before it last night a communication from the
Crusader News Agency, 50 K. 13th Street, New York,
dealing with the case of the nine young negro workers
who were charged in July with rape and, with the exception
of Olin Montgomery, aged 14, were found guilty and
sentenced to death.
It is strongly urged by the above mentioned
Agency and other organisations which have been in
communication with my committee that certain facts
have come to light since the trial which it is held,
justify a new trial.
In the interests of justice and as an organisation
which stands for the interests of the working class not only
in South Africa by throughout the world, my Council asks
that the sentence be not carried out, but that a new
trial be given the condemned men in order that the claims
of equal justice, on which the constitution of the United
States has been built, may be in the fullest sense met.
Yours faithfully,
<u>(undecipherable) Andrews</u>
<u>SECRETARY.</u>
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SB_L_1931.08.26_0525
Source
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 14, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Title
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Letter from W. H. Andrews in Johannesburg, South Africa, to The Governor of Alabama in Alabama, U.S.A.
Creator
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South African Trades & Labour Council, Executive Committee (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Andrews, W. H. (William Henry), 1870-1950; South African Trades and Labour Council, National Executive Committee (Johannesburg, South Africa)
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This international letter asks that the Scottsboro Boys be given a new trial, based on new facts which have come to light. Standing for "the interests of the working class not only in South Africa but throughout the world," the letter urges the governor to enforce the laws of the United States Constitution with equal justice. The letter was typed by W. H. Andrews, secretary of this committee, chairman of the South African Labour Party, and general secretary of the Communist Party of South Africa.
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1931-08-26
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South Africa--Johannesburg
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English
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Text
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Letter
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Labor unions
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Q
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Q0000063047
Address
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1421 1/2 8th Ave., Seattle, WA
Mediator
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Franky Abbott
Organization
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International Labor Defense
Stance
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Not guilty; release
Group
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Organization
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SB_X_1932.04.25_0568
Source
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 21, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Title
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Petition from International Labor Defense in Seattle, Washington, to Governor B. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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International Labor Defense (Seattle, Wa.)
Subject
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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 petition from International Labor Defense in Seattle, Washington, demands the immediate release of the nine Scottsboro Boys with signatures, addresses, and donation amounts.
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1932-04-25
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United States--Washington--Seattle
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English
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Text
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Petition
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Q
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Q0000063001; Q0000063002; Q0000063003
Address
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1084 New York Street, Brooklyn, NY
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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International Labor Defense
Stance
The sentiment of the letter - innocent or guilty.
Not guilty; release
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SB_P_1932.04.16_0001
Source
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 1, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Title
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Postcard from Bertha Markowitz in Brooklyn, New York, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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Markowitz, Bertha
Subject
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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
Description
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This form postcard from the International Labor Defense, signed and sent by Bertha Markowitz from Brooklyn, New York, asks for immediate release of the Scottsboro Boys. The front of the postcard includes a photo of the Scottsboro Boys and slogans "Against Race Discrimination!" and "Against Lynching!" and "They Must Not Die!" This postcard is an example of a national organizing campaign responding to the Scottsboro trials.
Date
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1932-04-16
Coverage
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United States--New York--Brooklyn
Language
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English
Type
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Not guilty; release
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Postcard
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Women
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Q
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Q0000063044
Address
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25 Commonwealth Street, Sydney, Australia
Mediator
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Franky Abbott
Organization
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International Class War Prisoners Aid, Australian Section (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Stance
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Not guilty; release
Group
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International Locations, Organization
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Identifier
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SB_R_1932.01.04_0556
Source
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 18, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Title
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Resolution from International Class War Prisoners Aid, Australian Section in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, to the Governor of Alabama in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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International Class War Prisoners Aid, Australian Section (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
Description
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In this resolution, the International Class War Prisoners Aid (ICWPA), Australian Section, protest the 1931 Scottsboro trial sentencing and demand the immediate, unconditional release of the defendants. The document includes efforts to compare Scottsboro to events in Harlan, Kentucky, during this period. This resolution was generated by a mass meeting of workers in New South Wales. The ICWPA is the Moscow-based branch of International Red Aid.
Date
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1932-01-04
Coverage
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Australia--New South Wales--Sydney
Language
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English
Type
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Text
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Resolution
Rights
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