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Title
Letter from Leopold Stokowski in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Subject
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Bates, Ruby, -1976
Description
Quoting Ruby Bates' confession that the Scottsboro Boys never accosted her, Leopold Stokowski asks the Governor to release the Scottsboro Boys and give them a safe conduct home. He hopes the Governor will use his best judgment, as he admits he finds it hard to know what is true in this case.
Creator
Stokowski, Leopold
Source
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 20, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Date
1933-03-22
Format
Letter
Language
English
Coverage
United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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Transcription
Dear Mr. Governor
If Ruby Bates - one of the two women in the Scottsboro
case - made this statement "Those policemen made me tell
a lie. Those Negros did not touch me. I know it was
wrong to let those negros be sentenced to die on account
of me". -- I am sure you will wish to release the nine
Scottsboro boys and give them a safe conduct to their homes.
At this distance it is hard to know the truth about this
case but we all look to you to do what is right.
Sincerely
Leopold Stokowski
Governor B. M. Miller
Montgomery, Alabama
33 * 3 * 22
LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI 1716 RITTENHOUSE STREET PHILADELPHIA PA.
If Ruby Bates - one of the two women in the Scottsboro
case - made this statement "Those policemen made me tell
a lie. Those Negros did not touch me. I know it was
wrong to let those negros be sentenced to die on account
of me". -- I am sure you will wish to release the nine
Scottsboro boys and give them a safe conduct to their homes.
At this distance it is hard to know the truth about this
case but we all look to you to do what is right.
Sincerely
Leopold Stokowski
Governor B. M. Miller
Montgomery, Alabama
33 * 3 * 22
LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI 1716 RITTENHOUSE STREET PHILADELPHIA PA.