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Q
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Q0000063156; Q0000063157
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New York, NY
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Margaret Sasser
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International Labor Defense, N.Y. District (New York, N.Y.)
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Not guilty; retrial
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Organization
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SB_F_1933.04.13_0889
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 15, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Flyer from International Labor Defense in New York, New York, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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International Labor Defense, N.Y. District (New York, N.Y.)
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912; Bates, Ruby, -1976; International Labor Defense; Horton, James Edwin, 1878-1973; Knight, Thomas E., 1898-1937; Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
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The New York District International Labor Defense, the legal arm of the American Communist Party, prepared this flyer urging people to send telegrams to Governor Miller, Attorney General Knight, Judge Horton, President Roosevelt, and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. The form flyer makes six demands including postponement of the trial, a change of venue to Birmingham, Alabama, a jury made up of Negroes and white workers, protection for the young men, a disbanding of all K.K.K. lynch gangs, and a right of self defense of Negro and white workers. Several noteworthy individuals were slated to speak at the event, including Haywood Patterson's mother.
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1933-04-13
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Q
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Q0000063180; Q0000063181
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Philadelphia, PA
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Margaret Sasser
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Scottsboro Defense Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release, but is against "legal lynching"
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SB_F_1933.04.26_0910
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 17, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Title
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Flyer from Scottsboro Defense Committee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to The Governor of Alabama, Executive Mansion in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Scottsboro Defense Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912; Scottsboro Defense Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Sent to "the Governor of Alabama," from the Scottsboro Defense Committee of Philadelpia, this flyer advertises a march from Philadelphia to Washington, to be held on April 26, 1933, in protest against the "legal lynching" of the nine defendants. It calls for a mass protest by Negro and white workers in order to save the Scottsboro Boys.
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1933-04-26
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Societies and clubs
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Q
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Q0000063019; Q0000063020
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1110 E. Reynolds St., Springfield, IL
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Margaret Sasser
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Uncertain; life imprisonment
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13 1931
MONTGOMERY, ALA.
Spec. Del
eturn {Frank H. Spaulding
5 {1110 E. Reynolds St.
Days {Springfield, Ill.
SPRINGFIELD
APRIL
9 PM
ILL. 1931 FEE CLAIMED OFF
Governor of Alabama OF FIRST ADDRESS
Executive Office
Montgomery,
Ala.
Important
Frank H. Spaulding
1110 E. Reynolds St.
Springfield, Ill.
April 11, 1931.
Governor of Alabama
Executive Office
Dear Sir;
In the behalf of good judgement, for your
State and the whole United States, I ask you
to consider the commutative of the sentences of
the eight Negroes, confered at Scottville the 9th.
While their trial and conviction, without
mob violence, is a great plume in the cap of
Alabama towards justice and modern progress,
the victory would be complete with a more jus-
tiful sentence.
I'm a Northern Negro, 24 yrs of age. Although never
having been over the line, I've always been able to
see and reason with the Southern point of view.
And to prove that all the above is'nt so much thrash,
because I'm in the security of Illinois, I volunteer, with
expenses paid, and the proper authority, even at the risk
violence towards myself, to come to Alabama and plead
their case for life-imprisonment, if possible.
yours truly,
Frank H. Spaulding
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SB_L_1931.04.11_0328
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 14, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Frank A. Spaulding in Springfield, Illinois, to Governor of Alabama, Executive Office in Montgomery, Ala.
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Spaulding, Frank A.
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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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Though he had never traveled South, a 24-year-old African American in Illinois explains to Governor Miller that he understands how to reason with the "Southern point of view." He offers to travel to Alabama to argue for the Scottsboro Boys' sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment.
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1931-04-11
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Q
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Q0000063017
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Lake Charles, LA
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Margaret Sasser
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File
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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SB_L_1931.04.13_0325
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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.
Description
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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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Q
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Q0000063051
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Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama
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Margaret Sasser
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Tuskegee Institute
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, ALABAMA
ROBERT R. MOTON
April 14, 1931.
Dear Governor:
I am writing to thank you for the promptness
and effectiveness of your action looking toward
the prevention of a horrible tragedy at Scottsboro
which, I am sure, had it transpired, would have
shocked the moral sense of the whole country, and
placed a stigma on out great state, wholly unde-
served for law and order which has been maintained
now for many years by her citizens.
The prompt and orderly process of punishing
crime meets with the hearty approval of all wor-
thy citizens in both races; but the end of the
law is justice and I am confident that in this
case you will see that such protection as the
courts can give will be meted out to the humblest,
the poorest - yes, and the blackest member of our
commonwealth.
Very sincerely yours,
R.R. Moton
c/
Hon. B.M. Miller
Governor of Alabama
State Capitol
Montgomery, Alabama
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SB_L_1931.04.14_0606
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004236, Folder 1, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Robert R. Moton in Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, to Hon. B. M. Miller, in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Moton, Robert R.
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Tuskegee Institute
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Tuskegee Institute president Robert R. Moton writes to the Governor of Alabama on the school's letterhead, applauding the orderly punishment of crime, but stating that he hopes the courts will be equally just with African Americans as with whites.
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1931-04-14
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United States--Alabama--Tuskegee
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Q
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Q0000063005
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Branchville, MD
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Franky Abbott
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N/A; letter warns of Communist interference
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Branchville, Md.
April 16, 1931
Hon. B. M. Miller, Governor,
Montgomery, Alabama
Dear Sir:
According to an Associated Press dispatch
of yesterday, dated at Birmingham, the International Labor
Defense has issued a statement through two of its repre-
sentatives, Allan Taub of New York, an attorney for the
organization, and Douglas McKenzie, a district representa-
tive, charging that the conviction of 8 colored youths at
Scottsboro last week for attacking two white girls and
subsequent death sentences on the defendants was a "frame-
up from start to finish".
My purpose in writing you is to inform you, if
you are not already so informed, that the International Labor
Defense is a Communist organization whose purpose is to
discredit the courts and institutions of the United States
and incidentally to enrich themselves through contributions
which they are able to secure for defense purposes. They
are not interested in the guilt or innocence of these negroes,
but they are vitally interested in making the negro population
believe that the negro because he is negro cannot get
justice in the courts. This organization has been carrying
on this sort of propaganda for years. See Report of the
special committee of the House of Representatives pursuant
to H. Res. 20 on Communist propaganda; dated January 17, 1931.
Respectfully yours,
Edward S. King
Edward S. King
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SB_L_1931.04.16_0019
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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 Edward S. King in Branchville, Maryland, to Hon. B. M. Miller, in Montgomery, Alabama.
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King, Edward S.
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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; Communism
Description
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Edward S. King writes to inform Governor Miller that International Labor Defense lawyers, Allan Taub and Douglas McKenzie, had Communist affiliations.
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1931-04-16
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United States--Maryland--Branchville
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English
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Q
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Q0000063009; Q0000063010; Q0000063011
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330 Locust Street, Jefferson City, MO
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Franky Abbott
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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Scottsboro
File
230 Locust St.,
Jefferson City Mo.
April 24, 1931
Honorable Governor
Scottsboro Alabama
Dear Sir:
After reading
in one of our home
newspaper "The Jefferson
City Post Tribune," and
was very sorry to see
where nine of my
race was to be lynched.
It made my heart re-
joice to see where you
had protest the boys
Now I am pleading to
you in the name of
-2
God to protect them
From all appearance
your honor the boys
look very green inoc-
ent. I am pleading
to you for mercy for
those boys.
I cannot see where
Nine shall die for the
same offense. In the
State of missouri they
lynch. one and ten not
nine. your honor God
does not love ugly
I am sending you this
little clipping out of
our paper the morning
paper "The Daily Capital
-3
news" showing to you
that God has no respect-
ive person.
I have been in
prison work for 34
years, and this is
my first time seeing
where nine must
be [undecipherable] for the
same offense.
This is all.
Yours in Christ
"Peo. Capt. G. Thomas
State Slum Worker and
County Jail Chaplain."
Phone 1776
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SB_L_1931.04.24_0167
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 7, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from G. Thomas in Jefferson City, Missouri, to Honorable Governor in Scottsboro, Alabama.
Creator
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Thomas, G.
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Christianity
Description
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An African American county jail chaplain from Missouri, Rev. Capt. G. Thomas, proclaims the innocence of the Scottsboro Boys and asks the Governor to show mercy.
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1931-04-24
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United States--Missouri--Jefferson City
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Q
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Q0000063012
Address
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1236 Washington Street, Lincoln, NE
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Affiliation
Organizational Affiliation for Individuals
State of Nebraska Senate Chamber
Stance
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Not guilty; takes no stance in regards to retrial or release
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Individual Voices, Organization
Transcription
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"Put God First In All Things"
[Man with hammer
with countryside
and hills behind] Scottsboro
To The Honorable State of Nebraska
B.M.Miller Governor SENATE CHAMBER
of Ala. FORTY-SIXTH SESSION
Lincoln 4/24/31.
To the Governor of the great state of Alabama, I am
taking this advantage to write you in the interest of these 9 [Nego]
Negro boys and men that are under the death sentence in your state. I have
I have studied the situation from News Papers information. I am to con-
fess that I do not believe your christian heart will permit such a thg
thing a thing to take place during your administration.
I am southern borned, and know something about the south
ern Negro. In the first place you will have to agree with me that the girls
-ernxNegroxxxInxthexfirstxplacx placed themselves in the wrong relationship,
secondly I doubt very much as to the truth of these Negroes forcing or even
xx trying to force these girls, but the girls would natually be in sympathy
with the white boys that were put out of the cars, and I see no good reason
why they would remain in the car with these Negro boys.
You know what and easy matter it is to convict a Negro
in your state for a crime he never committed, while the couts dec-
clare all men innocent until proven guilty, we have turned the thing around
when dealing with the Negro. I pause here to say I am a minister of the
gospel of Jesus Christ and am a firm believer in the teachings of the bible
Which say "Be not deceived, God is not mocked whatsoever a man soweth, that
shall he also reap". While this sentence come thru a court decision, you
hold it within your power as Governor to commute to life sentence.
If these Negro boys are Electrocuted under your admin-
istration, it will be a case without precedence in the U.S. and will leave
a black mark on the history of the State of Ala. that will always detract
from the high moral status of the Governor that permitted this act to be
Legislature, and I believe in justice and fair play to all men.
I remain your in His name. Rexv O.J.Burckardt
1236 Washington St.
Lincoln Nebr.
Ps. Some how I have been prompted to write you this letter
hoping that you may note the contents prayerfully, supposing such a
charge under like conditions was made against your own son, what xxxx
would be your decision in the case.
Rev. O.J. Burckhardt
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SB_L_1931.04.24_0182
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 8, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Rev. O. J. Burckhardt, Lincoln, Nebraska, to the Honorable B. M. Miller Governor of Alabama.
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Burckhardt, O. J., Rev.
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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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Rev. Burckhardt writes that he believes in "justice and fair play for all men" and hopes that Governor Miller will treat the Scottsboro Boys as innocent until proven guilty, or else there will be "a black mark" on his administration and the state of Alabama. The letter is on State of Nebraska Senate Chamber letterhead.
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1931-04-24
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United States--Nebraska--Lincoln
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English
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Letter
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This material is a government record from the records of the Governor's Office of the State of Alabama and are subject to the provisions of 36-12-40 Code of Alabama, Rights of citizens to inspect and copy public writings.
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Q0000063013; Q0000063014
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1308 Gratiot Avenue, Detroit, MI
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Franky Abbott
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Guilty; state execution
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Scottsbor
File
Detroit, Mich.
April 27th 1931.
Govenor Miller
Montgomery, Ala,
Dear Govenor, I was borned and
reared in Birmingham but have been out the state
for sixteen years, but have a deep interest for our
grand old state at heart.
I note from the "Communist" papers
that Scottsboro has convicted nine Negroes men
to the electric chair for July 10th and they are trying
to have them freed.
Now Govenor, I want to say that I truly
be
hope that you will not ^ influenced by the
"Communist" propergander for they are the most
deadly enemy to America to-day, and unless
our American people wake up and put them
out of this Country they are giving to cause us
serious trouble in the future
They are all trouble makers and are doing
all they can to break down all our laws, we are
having trouble with them here now.
Detroit is about 60% foreign born
and things look bad for the future.
#2
Our Courts here now are more like a
Vaudeville than a court.
Gangsters and racketters (mostly foreign born)
have got a strong holt here.
We have just ended a sensational trial
of three Italian gangsters which has cost our city
immense money.
The "Communist" are doing all they can to
break down our "Jim Crow" law in Alabama.
The negroes are real imprudent here and
are very insulting.
If you think those negroes are guilty and
have had a fair trial stand firm against
"Communist" propergander from other states.
I am old old man, who believe that we
must enforce all our laws, and stand behind them.
Praying God's guidance for you in
this matter and all others.
I am,
Yours very truly,
Martin Flowers
1308 Gratiot ave.
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SB_L_1931.04.27_0170
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 8, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Martin Flowers in Detroit, Michigan, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Flowers, Martin
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Communism
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Martin Flowers urges Governor Miller to "stand firm" in his support for the Scottsboro trial outcome. Flowers identifies himself as a southerner and warns Governor Miller of the dangers of "Communists" and their "propergander" by describing crimes of foreign-born persons in Detroit.
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1931-04-27
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United States--Michigan--Detroit
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English
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This material is a government record from the records of the Governor's Office of the State of Alabama and are subject to the provisions of 36-12-40 Code of Alabama, Rights of citizens to inspect and copy public writings.
Communist parties
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Q0000063015; Q0000063016
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Address unknown
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Franky Abbott
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International Labor Defense
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Not guilty; release
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Individual Voices
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For the Governor
of Alabama
Sir:
I have sent this letter in this manner so as to make sure you will
receive it.
First of all there is no justice in you and the millions like you
in this State of Alabama and other parts of the despised empire of
the South except what colored and w ite Americans will take.
There is to be a first class legal lynching of nine innocent colored
boys who have been accused of having committed rape upon two white
girls. Of course the facts in the case do not justify the accusa
tion, but the "rape" racket is always used by you and the rest of
your "Ku Kluxers" in a supreme effort to divide the white ad colored
people, to prevent them from uniting ad living side by side in peace
and harmony, and to keep the colored American in his place. For
after all there is no difference in men and women because of color.
A man is a man regardless of color, and all men should maintain
their manhood rights regardless of color.
The White people of the State of Alabama are for the most part the
inferior the most ignorant, the most coward like whites to be found
in any part of the South. It takes 10,000 whites to lynch one
colored man. You and your people are a disgrace and a nusiance, and
the time will come when the when the colored people whom you persecute, will
and ought to drive you out. You ought to have been driven out
of Alabama long ago, but the colored people have lacked the proper
leadership to accomplish that end.
They, the colored people have toiled and made possible the ease
with which you live, they, the colored people have made possible
by work in the fields and on the chain gang the luxury you bathe
yourselves in, and the time for an end of all this condition
of feudalism has come. This State and all the land belongs to the
colored people, and the colored people being in the majority in
the South should be the ruler of the South.
You have the facts in the case of which is the following synopsis:
The one girl, Victoria Prince is the prostitute
with a jail record, and the other girl Rubye
Bates, is also a prostitute. The one girl offers
unsupported testimony, the other girl cannot i
dentify any othe boys accused, and the white
men who rose on the train do not accuse the nine
colored boys as thise who threw them off.
The facts you are well aware of, but you as the governor, who should
be a just governor, will be silent while the legal lynching pro
ceeds, and in your silence you approve of more lynchings in an
effort to maintain such nonsense as the "Integrity" of white women
and "White supremacy" but I am tell you right now and here that
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your time is coming. THANKS TO THE COMMUNIST PARTY, The INTERNATIONAL
LABOR DEFENSE, the UNDERTAKER and the CEMETERY.
If those nine colored boys are lynched, and of course, the whole
world, understanding that "Legal trial" is only a mantle they,
the lynchers wear in court, if those boys are lynched their will
be millions the world over who will rise up and avenge this
act of threachery and murder and will sure avenge the murder of
these boys accordingly.
I am a member of the INternational Labor Defense, but if I live
for one hundred years rest assured I will do my bit in teaching
the colored people of the South to throw off the yoke of White
oppression.
As a governor you ought to be tarred and feathered.
Respectfully for the Good of
nine colored boys.
David Green
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SB_L_1931.04.30_0179
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 8, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Donald Green to the Governor of Alabama.
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Green, Donald
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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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Condemning the Governor and the culture and history of the South, Donald Green argues that the facts in the Scottsboro case do not indicate any guilt on behalf of the Scottsboro Boys.
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1931-04-30
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Location unknown
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English
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Text
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Letter
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This material is a government record from the records of the Governor's Office of the State of Alabama and are subject to the provisions of 36-12-40 Code of Alabama, Rights of citizens to inspect and copy public writings.
Communist parties