Resolution from employees of Pennsylvania Dye Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Title

Resolution from employees of Pennsylvania Dye Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.

Subject

Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Pennsylvania Dye Works (employees)

Description

Responding to the 1933 Decatur trial and claiming the Scottsboro Boys' innocence, employees of Pennsylvania Dye Works ask for the defendants' unconditional and immediate release and declare a half-hour work stoppage in protest. This resolution is one example of the numerous documents that declare work stoppages in protest of the Scottsboro verdicts.

Creator

Pennsylvania Dye Works (employees)

Source

Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004241, Folder 1, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History

Date

1933-12-12

Format

Resolution

Language

English

Coverage

United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia