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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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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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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
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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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Q
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Q0000063035
Address
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Jacksonville, FL
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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Scottsboro
South Jax, Fla.
Dear Governor:
I know God. I have tried Him out and I find Him to be
real. I believe every word of His. I even believe that about His
taking note of every strand of hair in our heads and His noting the
fall of the sparrow. I certainly believe what he says about our
reaping what we sow. Above all things I believe he hears the
prayers of the humble.
Unless you are dead sure about the guilt of every one of those boys,
I beg in His name and in the eternal well being of your self and
those who come after you not to persecute those youths though they
are not of our people. Now you know and God knows. Don't kick
against the prick. Do not tempt the patience of God. Earnest
prayers are going up every day and God's ears are open.
I am white and southern just like you are but somehow last night I
was urged by something within to get this over to you. This in spite
of the fact that I know very little of this case. I dreamed first
that I saw in the prison the electric chair and a thrill of horror
shook me. The some one in my dream told me this was the torture of
those black boys day and night. "Tell the governor that God is not
mocked; what soever a man soweth that shall He also reap" that "even
he is in God's hands that he has many ways of sending retribution".
With my awaking came an over powering urge. Examine your conscience.
Remember that you can not go up against His power. I beg that you do
not harden your neck. The penalty will surely come. I tell you they
are praying. I was told this in the same dream. I assure you that I
do not believe in dreams but there was something so overwhelmingly
real and different about this. Please, are you sure that justice has
been given? Are you sure that you have treated them as you would
expect your own children to be treated? As you would stand for a
groupe of our own lads to be treated? THINK'
yours in His name,
Norma H. Hargrave.
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SB_L_1931.07.15_0464
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 6, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Norma H. Hargrave in Jacksonville, Florida, to Governor.
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Hargrave, Norma H.
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Christianity
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Inspired by a religious dream, Norma H. Hargrave begs Governor Miller in God's name not to persecute the Scottsboro Boys unless he is absolutely positive of their guilt. She describes her dream, and asks him to examine his conscience to make sure that justice has been given.
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1931-07-15
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United States--Florida--Jacksonville
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English
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Q
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Q0000063041
Address
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61 West Ninth Street, New York, NY
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
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Uncertain; warns of mistreatment of youth
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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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SB_L_1931.11.10_0522
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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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United States--New York--New York
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English
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Q
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Q0000063046
Address
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Denver, CO
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
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International Labor Defense
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Not guilty; release
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Individual Voices, Organization
Transcription
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INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE.
DENVER COLORADO.
January 19. 1932.
Governor B,M. Miller.
Montgomery Alabama.
I am a Working Woman, Who understands the class struggle, and
knowns the reasons for the cry of rape being raised against the
Negro workers. Understanding as I do, that this is a maens used
by the rulring class of the South, to keep the Colored and White
devided, to keep them from organizing together, to fight for their
rights as workers, and realizing that as members of the working class
our interests are the same. I see in these nine Colored boys, namely
Willie Robertson, Olen Montgomery, Andy Wright, Clarence Novis,
Ozie Powell, Ted Weems, Eugene Williams, Roy Patterson and Roy Wright.
my class Brothers. and firmly believing them to innocent of the
crime, with which they are charged. I raise my voice along with the
millions of workers in this Country who are demanding the immediate
and safe realse of these nine Boys.
Dorothy Eil.
R.S. Box 93m.
Stock Yards Station,
Denver Colo.
(notes: maens -- means, rulring -- ruling, devided -- divided, realse-- release)
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SB_L_1932.01.19_0561
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 19, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Dorothy Eil. in Denver, Colorado, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Eil., Dorothy
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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 sender—"a working woman"—recognizes that the Southern ruling class uses racism and rape accusations to divide the white and black working class so that they do not unite and fight for workers rights together. The author declares that the Scottsboro Boys, whom she believes to be innocent, are her class brothers.
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1932-01-19
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United States--Colorado--Denver
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Q
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Q0000063060; Q0000063061; Q0000063062; Q0000063063; Q0000063064; Q0000063065
Address
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Atlanta, GA
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Stance
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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).
Creator
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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
Description
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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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English
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Q
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Q0000063085; Q0000063086; Q0000063087
Address
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1731 S Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Stance
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Not guilty; release
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WASHINGTON
6PM
DC 1933
Honourable B. M. Miller,
Governor of Alabama,
Montgomery, Alabama.
L. W. G.
RECEIVED
MAR 24 MONTGOMERY,
(SPEC. DEL.)
ALA.
1731 S Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C.,
21st. Match, 1933.
The Honourable B. M. Miller,
Governor of Alabama,
Executive Building,
Montgomery, Alabama.
Excellency:
I most humbly beg you in the name of the
most high, our Lord and Jesus Christ, to give this letter your
most kind consideration in behalf of the Colored Scottsbury boys,
whose fate hang in the balance of divine justice.
I do not know them, but as one of the human
family and of the Christian Army, I have tried in my small way to
try and comfort them, since I have learned of their most sorrowful
fate, and beg of you in the same name of the Lord to consider their fate.
It is in the spirit of christian love that I humbly address you and
would feel the same and pray the same for any human being whose
guilt was questioned by so large a majority of citizens and even
international forces.
I have fasted and prayed that the Eternal
and almighty father would touch your heart to grant this petition
in his holy name, to release those poor boys back to their poor
lonely mothers, who probably know no joy in this life other than
being mothers. I have fasted three days and nights, not food nor
water, praying night and day, trusting in God's good mercy, that
you will favor our request. And I believe you will do the will
of God, and bring down blessings upon yourself and your whole
State as well, and all that is dear to you. Your future home in
glory will be justice. Oh God grant, and all that has anything
to do with this case, from the greatest to the smallest, will be
happy that they will not have innocent blood upon them.
Just your word and the word of your pen
Excellency, will merit justice to your State and freedom will
be the jewels in your heavenly robe.
Sincerely in Christ,
Lillian W. McGroeken
Scottsboro
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SB_L_1933.03.21_0766
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 20, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Lillian W. Crocker, to The Honourable B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Crocker, Lillian W.
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Christianity
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In this religious letter, Lillian W. Crocker asks that the Governor give this case his consideration and attention. She writes that as "one of the human family and the Christian Army" she has fasted and prayed for the Scottsboro Boys' comfort. She hopes that her petition will touch his heart.
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1933-03-21
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United States--District of Columbia--Washington
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English
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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
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Stance
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Not guilty; move trial to Birmingham
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Individual Voices
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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
Title
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Letter from Agnes Inglis in Ann Arbor, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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Inglis, Agnes
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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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.
Date
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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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Q
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Q0000063111; Q0000063112; Q0000063113; Q0000063114; Q0000063115
Address
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254 Westminster Road, Rochester, 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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Rochester
April 11
7 PM
1933
N.Y.
To
His Excellency, The Govenor of
Alabama -
Gov. B. M. Miller -
<u>Personal</u>
TWO FIFTY-FOUR WESTMINSTER ROAD
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
April 10, 1933
TWO FIFTY-FOUR WESTMINSTER ROAD
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
To His Excellency, The Govenor of Alabama
Govenor B. M. Miller
Dear Govenor Miller,
I am a young
citizen of these United States and
have never had very much say
in governmental matters except
the right to vote. In reading the
newspaper for the past week
I have been very interested
in this "Scotsboro" case. Living
up here in Rochester, New York
one doesn't get much of a chance
to read New York newspapers,
but fortunately I have been able
to receive and read the New
York Herald Tribune.
2
I am a white girl. I have
always had the best opportunities
for travel and study as a young
girl. My home life has been
a happy one. I have always tried
my best to do for others. I am
connected with two volunteer
social-aide societies that do much
for the sick and needy. I have
came in contact with many
negros, some of high standard
and some of low, but they are
an unfortunate race. They are to
be helped and pitied - not hindered
and begrudged.
Don't you feel deep down
in your heart, govenor Miller,
that these young negro boys are
not being given a fair say or
even a trial - can't you yourself
feel that it's the race not so
much the supposed crime?
3
My thoughts and feeling on
this matter are only the emotions
of one person out of thousands,
Miss Bates and Mrs. Price are
of the lowest type woman - they
aren't to be respected - a "low"
woman is far worse than
a "low" man - These women
are the ones to suffer not
the young negros who are
victims of lies and bigoting
Don't you feel, govenor Miller,
that justice isn't being implied?
I'd give my right arm if I
could keep those fellows in
any possible way, and I
hope that you will be able to
do something.
Sincerely,
Carol R. Slowau
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SB_L_1933.04.10_0793
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 1, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Carol R. Sloman in Rochester, New York, to His Excellency, The Governor of Alabama.
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Sloman, Carol R.
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Bates, Ruby, -1976; Price, Victoria, -1982
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A young white girl, Carol R. Sloman is concerned about the Scottsboro Boys after reading of the case in the newspaper. She writes that she has had a happy life and has been given many opportunities, and that she has always tried to help others. She believes that African Americans are "to be helped and pitied—not hindered and begrudged." She writes that Ruby Bates and Victoria Price are "low women," and that the Scottsboro Boys should not be made to suffer because of them.
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1933-04-10
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United States--New York--Rochester
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English
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Letter
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Q
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Q0000063134; Q0000063135; Q0000063136
Address
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250 Steuben St., Brooklyn, NY
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
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Guilty; state execution
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250 Steuben St.
Brooklyn
N.Y.
Your Excellency :
As a law abiding
citizen, I am appealing to you to
let the law take its' course in
the case of the Scottsboro negros.
The average woman is no
match for a male bent on attack,
and if she cannot depend on the
law for justice, then what is
to become of her?
On every side we hear much
talk about stamping out crime;
but crime never will be stamped
out until criminals are made to
pay the penalty for crime.
Just one year ago, the blood
of every white person worthy of
the name, was at boiling point,
because a white woman in
Hawaii could not get justice
for an attack made on her by
five half-cast Asiatics; therefore,
in my humble opinion, it is
inconsistent, to say the least, to
tolerate a similar offense from
negros.
The writer of this letter is a
New-York-born white woman
without claim to Southern blood,
and who has never been fortunate
enough to have visited the
South.
So it stands to reason that
most of my friends and acquaint-
ances are New Yorkers. And I
have not heard one person
speak a word that clashes
with my opinion on this matter.
Thanking you for your kind
attention, I beg to remain
Yours Very Sincerely
Charlotte Fox.
April 11, 1933.
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SB_L_1933.04.11_0870
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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 Charlotte Fox in Brooklyn, New York, to Your Excellency.
Creator
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Fox, Charlotte
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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Charlotte Fox asks Governor Miller to let the law run its course. She writes that women are no match for men in a physical altercation and they they need the law to defend them. She wants the Scottsboro Boys to pay the penalty, and insists that her other Northern friends agree.
Date
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1933-04-11
Coverage
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United States--New York--Brooklyn
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English
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Letter
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Women