Resolution from United Association of Journeymen Plumbers and Steamfitters, Local Union No. 139 in Great Falls, Montana, to Governor B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Title

Resolution from United Association of Journeymen Plumbers and Steamfitters, Local Union No. 139 in Great Falls, Montana, 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; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912;

Description

The United Association of Journeymen Plumbers and Steamfitters, Local Union No. 139, demand the unconditional release and protection of the Scottsboro defendants following the March 1933 verdict in Judge Horton's Decatur court. This resolution singles Haywood Patterson's case out for special protest.

Creator

United Association of Journeymen Plumbers and Steamfitters, Local Union No. 139 (Great Falls, Mont.)

Source

Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 14, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History

Date

1933-04-12

Format

Resolution

Language

English

Coverage

United States--Montana--Great Falls