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Q
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Q0000063259
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Hartford, CT
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Margaret Sasser
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State Board of Education, State of Connecticut, Division of Field Service
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Not guilty; release
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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
DIVISION OF FIELD SERVICE
MAUD KEATOR Hartford, Connecticut
Special Education and Standards
July 25, 1933
Governor B. M. Miller,
State Capitol,
Montgomery, Alabama.
Your Excellency:
I wish to add my plea to the countless others you have
doubtless received asking for the release of the Scottsboro negro
boys.
As a native of Alabama, having been born in Decatur near
the scene of the trial, I am sincerely interested in this case,
and I earnestly hope that the people of the state will not allow
such gross injustice as the electrocution of these innocent boys.
Such procedure must surely elicit the disapproval and scorn of
the entire nation, or at least those enlightened states which are
not so benighted by bigoted racial prejudice.
I have always deplored the motto of my native state "Here
We Rest" in comparing it with the motto of the state of my Alma
Mater (the University of Wisconsin) whose watchword is "FORWARD".
Alabama will not only "Rest" but will definitely go backward if
she tolerates the murder of these negro boys who, because of their
color, are unjustly discriminated against.
Having been a State Child Labor Inspector in the Alabama
Child Welfare Department, I know the benighted attitude prevalent
among the majority of white employers with regard to negro child
labor, and I am acquainted with some of the grace injustices that
had to be tolerated simply because public opinion in the state
was not educated to the fact that child labor laws were enacted
for the protection of the black as well as the white child.
It is quite obvious that if these nine Scottsboro boys
were white they would have been released long ago. The Civil War
is over and most of our grandparents who fostered this racial
intolerance among us of the South are dead and silenced. The
marked decrease in lynchings in the South over the past few years
shows that we have made progress in changing our attitudes.
Why not change the motto of our state from "HERE WE REST" to
"LET'S GO"!
Yours sincerely,
Ruth Pointer
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Letter from Ruth Pointer in Hartford, Connecticut, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Pointer, Ruth
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Connecticut, State Board of Education, Division of Field Service; Alabama, Child Welfare Department
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Ruth Pointer, a woman born in Alabama, writes that she dislikes Alabama's motto, "Here We Rest," and that Alabama will not only "rest" but go backward if it allows the execution of the Scottsboro Boys. She offers that Alabama should change its motto to "Let's Go!"
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1933-07-25
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Q
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Q0000063041
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61 West Ninth Street, New York, NY
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Margaret Sasser
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ANNE PIERCE
61 WEST NINTH STREET
NEW YORK CITY
STUYVESANT-NINE 2050
Scottsboro
November 10, 1931
Honorable B.M. Miller
Montgomery
Alabama
Dear Sir:
As a Southern woman, may I add my word of protest on behalf
of the boys involved in the Scottsboro case ? It adds no-
thing to the fair reputation of the South to treat boys,
whatever their color, in such a manner. To deny them access
to their parents and to have them continually witness exe-
cutions, this seems to be a relic of mediaeval torture quite
indefensible and without purpose even if they are guilty and
most outrageous if they are not. In the latter case they will
be released to struggle with public life with this imprint
upon them.
In this day of psychology and child welfare and the study of
youth, it is certainly very retroactive for an intelligent
State to handle its youth in this manner, whatever their be-
havior. I wish, therefore, to add the protest of a Southern
woman, although I live at present in New York, against the
unintelligent handling of such matters. History proves that
it does nothing to prevent future crime but only increases
resentment and misunderstanding. Niether from the individual
nor from the social point of view can anything be said for
meeting violence with violence in such a manner.
Yours truly,
<u>Anne Pierce</u>
AP:ED
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 13, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Anne Pierce in New York City, to Honorable B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Pierce, Anne
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
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A Southern woman living in New York, Anne Pierce argues that, whether the Scottsboro Boys are guilty, their treatment in jail is "a relic of medieval torture quite indefensible." She writes that handling the youth in this manner does not help prevent future crimes, but just meets violence with violence.
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1931-11-10
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Q
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Q0000063186; Q0000063187; Q0000063188
Address
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129th St. and 7th Ave., New York, NY
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Margaret Sasser
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Phyllis Wheatley Club (New York, N.Y.)
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Not guilty; no stance in regards to retrial or release
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J. E. Liggan, New York, NY
2210 Fifth Avenue, Apr 2[] 930 pm 1933
New York City.
Honorable Governor Miller,
Montgomery, Alabama.
Governor of the
State of Alabama.
-2-
4. We are living to-day in a world that is moving all the
time from one degree of intellect to another one that is
higher and still higher. White men have always had a better
chance to get some of this high and higher intellect.
It was sadly lacking in this jury that served at this trial.
5. It has also puzzled people all over the world why you as
Governor of the State of Alabama could read of this
terrible miscarriage of justice in every form, and you have
not lifted your voice once against it.
Surely as a man occupying such a high office as Governor
of the State of Alabama, <u>you must have some vestige of</u>
<u>humanity about you</u>; some sense of reason, to know that
these boys are innocent, and long ago should have been acquitted
The world at large knows and believes these boys are innocent,
then why spend Alabama's money foolishly in trials? This ex-
pense must come out of the pockets of the dwellers in that
particular county, either Scottsboro or Decatur, and I am
told the inhabitants of both of these places are the poorest
that we can find anywhere, both whites and Negros.
As Governor of the State of Alabama, everyone feels that
you could do much good in trying to set things right in this
(now) world wide case that has even reached other continents.
Do not let it be too late to do the good that you can do.
Remember Pontius Pilate, when Christ came before him on
trial and after hearing the evidence, what did he say?
"I do not find any wrong this man hath done." He then
called for a basin of water to wash his hands of the matter.
Governor Miller, do not stand ready to wash your hands, but
stand up and be a hero in the strife, especially when you
know how inhuman, how unfair, how unjust all of this pro-
cedure has been. A word from you in this great trial means
much in righting a great wrong.
6. Last but not least, may we hear a word from you. Our club
is most anxious to know your attitude in this famous trial.
Thanking you for an immediate reply, we are,
Sincerely yours,
Phyllis Wheatley Club,
Salem M. E. Church, N.Y.
Julia E. Liggon President,
2210 Fifth Avenue,
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SB_L_1933.04.21_0918
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 18, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Phyllis Wheatley Club in New York, New York, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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Phyllis Wheatley Club (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; Phyllis Wheatley Club (New York, N.Y.)
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The Phyllis Wheatley Club asks why rape is punishable by death in Alabama and why the state disregards constitutional law by refusing to allow African Americans to serve on juries. The club asks about other specifics of the case and urges Governor Miller not to stand idly by, but to stand up for the Scottsboro Boys. They hope for a response.
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1933-04-21
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Q
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Q0000063060; Q0000063061; Q0000063062; Q0000063063; Q0000063064; Q0000063065
Address
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Atlanta, GA
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Margaret Sasser
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Not guilty; retrial
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ATLANTA, GA (Stamp: Red
APR 29 Washington
230 PM 2¢ 1932
1932 United
STA.B. States
Postage)
Gov. B.M. Miller
of
Montgomery Ala.
if not received return Back to
70 1/2 one Waugh Blvd
Atlanta GA
Scottsboro
A!
Atlanta GA.
April 28-32.
Dear ser.
I am riten you just a
few line to let you
here from me I am a
mother of one of the
ScottsBaro Boys Viola
Montgomery I have prayed
to god and I have razed
money and I have did
Every thing I no to do
try to get a new trile
for me sun and it
seam like my sun
will have to go to that
chair any how now I
(notes: ser-- sir, riten -- writing, here -- hear, ScottsBaro -- Scottsboro,
razed -- raised, trile -- trial, sun -- son, seam -- seem)
2
will come to you wont
you please have mursey
on my Sun and the
rest of the Boy you
no the Boys ant Guilty
of nothing But hobo.
listen I am Negro Woman
But god made me for some
cause I dont no all I no
I am here and I love my
sun just like your
mother love you and I
will say this I []
from the love of sin
and I ant a friad to die
because I have died one time
I ant gonta die no more
3
so I will ask you plese
have mursey on our Boys
I wish I could see you
and talce to you corse I
no you wood not listen
at me But they are a day
or coming we are gonta
be sarrie and we dont
make Frind and get in
union we are all gonta
be destroid Bleve it or
not for they are to much
sin going on now days
well I will close from
one of the ScottsBoro
Boys motha Viola Montgomery
(notes: plese -- please, mursey -- mercy, talce -- talk, corse -- course, no -- know,
wood -- would, gonta -- gonna, sorrie -- sorry, frind -- friend, destroid --
destroyed, bleve -- believe, motha -- mother)
4
Olen Montgomery motha
70 1/2 me Waugh
Blvd
so atlanta Ga-
plese anser my letter
(notes: motha -- mother, plese -- please, anser -- answer)
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 4, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Viola Montgomery in Atlanta, Georgia, to Ser (Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama).
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Montgomery, Viola
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
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Viola Montgomery—the mother of one of the Scottsboro Boys, Olen Montgomery—writes to Governor Miller to plead with him for a retrial for her son. She has prayed to God, raised money, and does not know what else to do in order to prevent her son's execution. She believes that the Scottsboro Boys are guilty of no more than being hobos, and asks the Governor to think about things from a mother's perspective.
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1932-04-28
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United States--Georgia--Atlanta
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Q
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Q0000063219; Q0000063220
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2066 Pine Street, San Francisco, CA
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
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Member of Community Chest, Mme. C. J. Walker Home for Girls, Mme C. J. Walker Club (San Francisco, Ca.)
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Not guilty; release
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Mme. C. J. Walker San Francisco, Calif. 2
Home for Girls May 12 930 pm 1933
2066 Pine Street
San Francisco, Calif.
Gov. B. M. Miller,
State Capitol,
Montgomery,
Alabama.
Mrs. Tulip Jones, President Mrs. M. White, Chr. Literature and Education
Mrs A. B. Clarke, First Vice-President Mrs. M. B. Thomas, Chairman Program
Mrs. Laura Davis, Second Vice-President Miss Alice Reece, Chairman Forestry
Mrs. Ceina M. Hughes, Secretary Mrs. V. Dodd, Chairman Domestic Science
1207 Powell Street Mrs. Jennie Duncan, Chairman Mother's Work
Mrs. B. L. Tyrrel,. Financial Secretary Mrs. Eunice Wilks, Chr. Social Committee
Mrs. L. B. Richardson, Treasurer Mrs. E. L. Congo, Chairman Religious Work
Mrs. M. Dennis, Chairman Business Mrs. K. P. Bond, Chaplain
Miss L. B. Porter, Parliamentarian Mrs. Alice Carson, Social Worker
Mrs. Addie Davis, Chairman Exchange Mrs. Leila Flippen, Chairman Music
Member of Community Chest
Mme. C.J. Walker
Home for Girls
Miss Maragret C. Roberts, Superintendent
2066 Pine Street
Phone WEst 8861
Board of Directors
Mrs. I. B. Ruggles, Chairman
Mrs. Tulip Jones Mrs. M. Dennis
Mrs. Mattie Bonds Miss Alice Reece
May, 10-1933.
Gov. B. M. Miller,
State Capitol,
Montgomery, Alabama,
Gentlemen:-
We are joining in with the
National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, in asking for the
unconditional release of the Nine
Scottsboro Boys.
Yours for Justice,
Mme C. J. Walker Club.
Ceina M. Hughes, Sec'y.
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 7, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Mme C. J. Walker Club, to Gov. B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Mme C. J. Walker Club (San Francisco, Ca.)
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Mme. C. J. Walker Club
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The Mme. C. J. Walker Club of San Francisco joins the NAACP in asking for the release of the Scottsboro Boys.
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1933-05-10
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United States--California--San Francisco
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Q
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Q0000063017
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Lake Charles, LA
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Margaret Sasser
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Guilty; state execution
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File
Lake Charles, La. April 13, 1929
Governor B. W. Miller,
Montgomery, Ala.,
Dear Gov. Miller;
The better class of people of the South would like to commend
Judge Hawkins for his trial of those negros. Of course we think he
should have had the execution in a few weeks. Such a henious crime by
negroes should be dealt with at once, or even if they were white boys.
The trouble with our courts in America, is- the sentence is delayed to
long, in England they have a speedy sentance.
What is out South coming to, if we have to listen to telegrams
from N.Y. criticizing a court that would condemn negros for such a
crime. I cannot conceive of any one trying to (stay the) interfere with
the trial. I would be ashamed of Alabama as my state if any other
sentance would have been given. I think the 14 year old boy should have been sentanced with the rest. If I were a lawyer, I would certainly
have to much pride to try and defend a negro in that crime.
I have never heard of so many crimes on white women, by negros.
Is it because we are to lenient with them, or is it this society in
N.Y. that they think will protect them?
Yours Truly,
Mr. L. Miller
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 13, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Mrs. L. Miller in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Ala.
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Miller, L., Mrs.
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Hawkins, Judge A.E.
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Mrs. L. Miller writes to Governer Miller that the problem with the courts is that they take too long to carry out a sentence. She believes that the Scottsboro Boys, or anyone accused of rape, should be punished, and that the Northern states should not interfere and are too lenient toward African Americans.
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1931-04-13
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United--States--Louisiana--Lake Charles
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English
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Q
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Q0000063001; Q0000063002; Q0000063003
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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
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Not guilty; release
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SB_P_1932.04.16_0001
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 1, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Postcard from Bertha Markowitz in Brooklyn, New York, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Markowitz, Bertha
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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 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
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United States--New York--Brooklyn
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English
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Not guilty; release
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Postcard
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Metadata types for Scottsboro Boys Letters
Q
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Q0000063006
Address
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376 Broadway, South Boston, MA
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Franky Abbott
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Lithuanian Working Women's Alliance
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Not guilty; retrial
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Organization
Transcription
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LITHUANIAN WORKING WOMEN'S ALLIANCE
BRANCH NO. THIRTEEN
376 Broadway S.Boston.Mass
Scottsboro
May 14, 1931
B.M.Miller, Governor
Montgomery, Ala.
Dear Sir:
The above organization assembled in a special meeting for the consideration
of the Scottsboro Case has decided to emphatically protest against the decision
to xxx kill these 9 innocent working class boys. After a careful consideration of
all the facts in the cas we can see that the only "crime" committeed by these
youngsters was the "crime" of being born with a black skin.
We demand that that these boys be given a new trial to expose the frame-up against
them with a jury composed of workers, at least half to be Negroes.
We are glad to join hands with all other organizations thruout the country
who are willing to expose this vicious attempt at a legal lynching.
Very Truly yours,
Paulina Antonuk
CHAIRMAN OF MEETING
(note: thruout - throughout, committeed - committed)
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SB_L_1931.05.14_0031
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 2, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Paulina Antonuk, Chairman of Meeting, Lithuanian Working Women's Alliance Branch No. 13 in South Boston, Massachusetts, to B. M. Miller, Governor in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Lithuanian Working Women's Alliance--Branch No. 13 (South Boston, Ma.)
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Lithuanian Working Women's Alliance
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Paulina Antonuk, "Chairman of Meeting, Lithuanian Working Women's Alliance Branch No. 13," calls for a new trial for the Scottsboro Boys with a "half negro" jury and frames their fate in terms of race and class.
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1931-05-14
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United States--Massachusetts--South Boston
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English
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Letter
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Q
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Q0000063137; Q0000063138; Q0000063139
Address
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410 Gaines St., Elmira, NY
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Stance
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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Elmira
APR
8 PM
1933
N. Y.
Gov. B. M. Miller
Montgomery, Alabama.
April 12, 1933.
Gov. B. M. Miller 410 James st.,
Montgomery, Alabama. Elmira, N.Y.
Dear Governor Miller :
I am writing to
assist, if I can, in sparing the
lives of the Scottsboro colored boys.
I believe the boys are
innocent, and as a student of
criminology, it seems to me
much better to devote some of
the money, that state institutions
of punishment require, to education
in the schools - along the line of
social intelligence. And until this
has had sufficient time to prove
its' worth, all states show consider-
ation with criminals that <u>are</u>
criminals because of ignorance.
And, at the same time, those states
also hesitate to deal out a death
sentence, where there is not
certainty of guilt.
My interest is real
in this case and I trust it
may turn out for the best.
Very respectfully yours,
Eloise H. Laurence.
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SB_L_1933.04.12_0869
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 13, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Eloise H. Lawrence in Elmira, New York, to Gov. B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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Lawrence, Eloise H.
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
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Eloise Lawrence, a student of criminology, writes to the Governor that she hopes some of the funding for institutions of punishment could be better used for education in matters of "social intelligence." She hopes that in the future the state will not be so fast to treat people criminally or to give the death sentence.
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1933-04-12
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United States--New York--Elmira
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English
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Text
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Q
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Q0000063079; Q0000063080; Q0000063081; Q0000063082
Address
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809 South Division Street, Ann Arbor, MI
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Margaret Sasser
Stance
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Not guilty; move trial to Birmingham
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Individual Voices
Transcription
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<u>Special</u> ANN ARBOR
MAR 23
6 PM
MICH 1933
ANN ARBOR
MAR 24
6 PM
MICH 1933
From Agnes Inglis
809 South Division Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan,
Governor B.M. Miller
Montgomery,
Alabama.
RECEIVED
MAR 26 A.M.
MONTGOMERY,
(SPEC. DEL.)
CIN & NASH
TR. 1
MAR
25
1933
Ann Arbor, March 25-1933
809 South Division Street.
Governor B.M. Miller.
Montgomery, Alabama.
Dear Sir: -
If I could in words express to you my deep feeling and strong sense of the injustice
of having the re-trial of the Scottsboro boys take place in another small, provincial,
an prejudiced center I should do so.
Men in political positions hold in their hands the life and death of others. It is
so in this case. In your hands lies the fate of these boys. But all the people all ovr
over the world who stand by them hold, too, in their hands their fate! It is a word;
a written word ,- as this from me to you that matters. I think much of this case .
It is to speak, then, -to take this little time, this very little time , to write this
to you ,- to let you know that I am thinking of them , and to express to you the
feeling I share with the many . It is a deep conviction that we share.
I demand for these boys an unconditional fair trial,- such an one as, when over,
will leave no traces of bitterness in regard to those in whose hands it rests.
I demand that you grant a change of venue and that you, in all fair play, have the
trial take place in the city of Birmingham , as thousands are insisting shall be the
case.
So few have the gift of speech! So few the gift of the written word ! Believe me when
I say that to pen even these few lines means much deep feeling and much concerN. It is
an effort to write to unknown people , as you are unknown to me. I say this to tell
you that you may well believe that for every letter that you receive there are
thousands ,- no one knows how many thousands,-indeed, I believe that there are
hundreds of thousands who uphold the boys in their right to a fair and unprejudiced
trial in this re-trial.
I do not know you . I know nothing of your outlook upon life, of your training in
thought, of your values. But I know you value your life, as I value mine. And in such
case I would hope for response from another for my life. I ask, then, that this
response be given in the case of the lives of these boys.
Sincerely, Agnes Inglis
Ann Arbor, March 23, 1933
-Copy- 809 South Division Street.
Thomas E. Knight Jr.
Attorney-General.
Montgomery,
Alabama.
Dear Sir:-
In behalf of the boys concerned in what is known as the Scottsboro Case I address
you. This I do, adding my word to that of thousands of others who are interested
in this world-renouned case . I ask for a change of venue for the setting of the
re-trial , so that it may be held in Birmingham in an atmosphere not charged with
prejudice , I do assure you that this step is of utmost importance . Small
centers , with local prejudices are not the place to insure fair play and justice
as all know who have had experience in such cases..I am sure you must realize this .
I am inclosing for your perusal the letter -a copy of it, at least,- which I am sending
the Governor of Alabama . It is, in its contents, such a letter as I would write to you.
I am therefore sending this copy to you . I believe that the matter of this change of
venue rests with you both and I urge that you agree in this matter , - so that the
case will be tried in Birmingham, Alabama.
Sincerely,
Agnes Inglis
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SB_L_1933.03.23_0753
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 18, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Agnes Inglis in Ann Arbor, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Inglis, Agnes
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
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Agnes Inglis asks that Governor Miller move the Scottsboro Boys' trial to Birmingham so that they may be given a fair trial. She includes a copy for Alabama Attorney General Thomas E. Knight, Jr.
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1933-03-23
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United States--Michigan--Ann Arbor
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English
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Letter
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