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Title
Flyer from International Labor Defense in New York, New York, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Subject
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912; Bates, Ruby, -1976; International Labor Defense; Horton, James Edwin, 1878-1973; Knight, Thomas E., 1898-1937; Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Description
The New York District International Labor Defense, the legal arm of the American Communist Party, prepared this flyer urging people to send telegrams to Governor Miller, Attorney General Knight, Judge Horton, President Roosevelt, and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. The form flyer makes six demands including postponement of the trial, a change of venue to Birmingham, Alabama, a jury made up of Negroes and white workers, protection for the young men, a disbanding of all K.K.K. lynch gangs, and a right of self defense of Negro and white workers. Several noteworthy individuals were slated to speak at the event, including Haywood Patterson's mother.
Creator
International Labor Defense, N.Y. District (New York, N.Y.)
Source
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 15, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Coverage
United States--New York--New York
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