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Letter from Vigilante Committee, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority in Ardwick, Maryland, to the Honorable B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Delta Sigma Theta sorority of Ardwick, Maryland, asks Governor Miller to free the Scottsboro Boys at once and to do away with lynch law. The group asks him to uphold justice, as the eyes of the world are on Alabama.
Letter from University of Chicago Student League, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Members of the University of Chicago Student League unite in protest against the verdict of Haywood Patterson's second trial and ask Governor Miller to exercise his power to free the Scottsboro Boys.
Telegram from the Universal Negro Improvement Association in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Signed by "Joseph Walcott," this telegram from the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, protests the slated execution of the Scottsboro Boys. This group was a Canadian branch of Marcus Garvey's UNIA, the black…
Resolution from workers and farmers at the United Front May Day Conference in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
This resolution from 400 workers and farmers assembled for the May Day Conference in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, protests the conviction of Haywood Patterson at the 1933 trial and demands immediate release for all the Scottsboro Boys. It connects…
Resolution from the United Farmers League in Puyallup, Washington, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Sent after the March 1933 verdict, the United Farmers League of Puyallup, Washington, demands the immediate release of the Scottsboro Boys. It refers to them as "nine innocent children now being subjected to the most dastardly frameup charge recorded…
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.
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…
Letter from Unit 10, Communist Party in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Governor B. M. Miller in State of Alabama.
Unit 10, Communist Party of Salt Lake City, Utah, protests the lack of protection given to the Scottsboro Boys and everyone involved with their case and demands that all charges be dropped and the Scottsboro Boys freed. They hold all authorities…
Telegram from Unión Escritores Proletarios Argentinos in Argentina, to Governor of Alabama.
Unión Escritores Proletarios Argentinos (Argentine Proletarian Writers Union) protests the execution of the Scottsboro Boys after the 1932 Alabama Supreme Court decision to uphold the lower court's 1931 conviction and sentencing.
Resolution from L'Union des Ouvriers de la Solidarité Économique d'Haiti in Haiti to Governor B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.A
Union des Ouvriers de la Solidarité Économique d'Haiti protests the Alabama Supreme Court's decision to uphold the execution of the Scottsboro Boys and calls for their immediate and unconditional release. The resolution includes a specific…
Resolution from Unemployed Councils, Branch 1 in Rockford, Illinois, to Governor Miller in Alabama.
Signed by Unemployed Councils, Branch 1 from a "Local Anti-Fascist Conference" on December 10, 1933, this form resolution heeds the "call of the I.L.D." in protesting the "outrageous procedure and conduct of the Scottsboro trials." It expresses…