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Title
Letter from Levi G. Byrd in Cheraw, South Carolina, to Hon. Gov. Graves in Birmingham, Alabama.
Subject
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944
Description
An African American, Levi G. Byrd of Cheraw, South Carolina, writes to Governor Graves, who had already been succeeded by Governor Miller. Byrd urges the Governor to look into the case thoroughly, given the enlightening information he has found in the newspapers and his belief that people should be innocent until proven guilty.
Creator
Byrd, Levi G.
Source
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 28, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Date
1931-05-02
Format
Letter
Language
English
Coverage
United States--South Carolina--Cheraw
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Transcription
for <u>file</u> Cheraw.S.C.
P.O.Box.No.408
HON.Gov.Graves. May 2.1931
Governer of [undecipherable] Alabama.
Birmingham Aa. Ala.
My dear Govenor,
Just a afew words in the behaves of those 8 BOYS that is to be alectuced. beleven
from what i have red in the daiy daily s and weeakly papers. thir case should bee 1
looked into. thurly befor thay should be aloud to die.
i my self beleav in law obedeno.whish those Purnshed.that are gildy andthose
go free that are insonec. i am only a law #3 abidnen sidzecm of thir race .whishing
to see justerst done them. as Ala. is now own tril
VERY TRULY YOURS
Lev.G.Byrd,
Levi G Byrd
(note: Govenor - Governor, dail - daily, weeakly - weekly, thir - thier, alectuced -
electrocuted, thurly - thoroughly, beleav - believe, purnshed - punished, whish -
wish, insonec - innocents, abiden - abiding, sidzecm - citizen, justerst - justice)