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Letter from Unemployed Council of Corning, New York in Corning, New York, to Governor of the State of Alabama.
In a letter from the Unemployed Council in Corning, New York, the 403 branch members ask that the Scottsboro Boys be released, but believe they will not be released due to oppression of the working class. They argue that the bourgeois class' faulty…
Telegram from the Trade Union Unity League in New York, New York, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
A telegram from the Trade Union Unity League, signed by William Z. Foster, Secretary, protests the "brutal attack" on the Scottsboro defendants in the Jefferson County prison and demands their immediate release. This telegram was one of group of…
Letter from G. Thomas in Jefferson City, Missouri, to Honorable Governor in Scottsboro, Alabama.
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.
Letter from The Workers of Birmingham, Alabama, in Birmingham, Alabama, to Hon. B. Miller.
Workers of Birmingham, Alabama, demand the release of the Scottsboro Boys and the right for African Americans to sit on juries and to vote.
Letter from the Taxi Workers Union in New York, New York, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Taxi Workers Union protests the Scottsboro trials and declares the defendants' innocence. For the 1933 Judge Callahan trials, they ask that the ILD be given the time needed to prepare their defense and get an affidavit for Ruby Bates. They…
Letter from Carl O. Tangen in Oslo, Norway, to Governor in Alabama in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.A.
Carl O. Tangen, editor of the Norwegian Syndicalist Federation's organ "Alarm," protests the conviction of the Scottsboro Boys in the 1933 Decatur trials, presided over by Judge Horton. Tangen argues that this most recent sentence is an expression of…
Letter from Leopold Stokowski in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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…
Letter from St. Louis Association of Colored Women in St. Louis, Missouri, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
The St. Louis Association of Colored Women ask Governor Miller to move the Scottsboro Boys' trial to Birmingham.
Telegram from Mme. St. Clair in New York, New York, to Governor in Montgomery, Alabama.
In this telegram, "Mme St Clair" of New York pleads with Governor Miller for pardons for the Scottsboro Boys and offers to take their place in the electric chair.
Letter from Frank A. Spaulding in Springfield, Illinois, to Governor of Alabama, Executive Office in Montgomery, Ala.
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…