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Q
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Q0000063072; Q0000063073; Q0000063074
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Margaret Sasser
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The State - Governor
of Alabama.
<u>Montgomery</u> (Ala)
<u>U.S.A.</u>
G. Mannoury
Eendrachtstraat 27
AMSTERDAM (Z.)
[undecipherable] DE SPELLING
EN
TITIULATUUR
G. MANNOURY
Scottsboro AMSTERDAM, 4/6/1932
AMSTERDAM.
<u>TO THE JUDGES IN</u>
<u>THE SCOTTSBORO - WORLDCASE</u>
(High Court of Justice, Scottsboro, U.S.A.)
The analysis of mind and matter teaches us: <u>firstly</u>, that certain-
ty is but a form of probability, <u>secondly</u>, that crime, vengeance and
the idea of requital root in the same subconscient impulses, and
<u>thirdly</u>, that death means an event in other lifes.
It is to be concluded, that a sentence of death by way of requi-
tal: <u>may be</u> a judicial error,
<u>most probably</u> is a stimulus to criminality,
but <u>in any case</u> is a philosophical absurdity.
G. Mannoury
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 7, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from G. Mannoury in Amsterdam, to The Judges in the Scottsboro-World Case in Scottsboro, U.S.A.
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Mannoury, G.
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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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Writing from Amsterdam, G. Mannoury argues that certainty is a matter of probability, such that to convict the Scottsboro Boys would be a "judicial error" and "philosophical absurdity."
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1932-06-04
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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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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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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.
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Thomas, G.
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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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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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Q
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Q0000063018
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Ensley, AL
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Margaret Sasser
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<u>file</u>
Ensley, Alabama, March 15, 1931,
To Hon. B.M. Miller,
Governor State of Alabama,
Montgomery, Alabama.
Dear Sir:
We the undersigned being citizens and tax payers of Jefferson
County, Alabama, employed by the T. C. I. & R. R. Co. Ensley, have followed
with much interest the trial of the eight criminals who having been convicted
of criminal assault at Scottsboro, Alabama, and are now in Jefferson County
jail awaiting removal to the State Prison for execution.
We are mindful of the fact that much of the States money has been
spent in affording a safe and fair trial and being aware also that more money
must be spent before their execution shall be complete, we wish to offer out
service cost free for this particular execution to act in place of anyone who
otherwise may be designated and who in return would collect large fees which
we consider unreasonable when we would be preforming a duty to the State gratis .
As to qualifications we are both electricians and electric operators.
Trusting you will consider our request and hoping to receive a favor-
able reply, we are,
Yours very truly,
Geo. T. Baker
Mack Aclpine
P.O. Box 117.
Ensley Ala.
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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 Geo. T. Baker and Mack Adkin in Ensley, Alabama, to Hon. B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Baker, Geo. T. and Mack Adkin
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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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Concerned that the state has spent a lot of money on the trial of the Scottsboro Boys and will spend more yet, two "citizens and tax payers of Jefferson County, Alabama" offer to perform the Scottsboro Boys' execution for free. They mention to Governor Miller that they are electricians and electric operators.
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1932-03-15
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United States--Alabama--Ensley
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Q
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Q0000063256
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42 Broadway, New York, NY
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Margaret Sasser
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Not guilty; should have bail
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DARLING & DALEY TELEPHONE DIGBY 4-9Z44
ATTORNEYS AT LAW 42 BROADWAY
NEW YORK, JULY 6, 1933
H. MAURICE DARLING
WILLIAM B. DALEY
Governor B. M. Miller,
Montgomery,
Alabama.
Dear Sir:-
I understand that under the law of Alabama de-
fendants awaiting trial are permitted bail except in capital
cases where the evidence of guilt is so strong as to justify
the presumption that a conviction would result. I under-
stand that in the decision of Judge Horton, he said:
"The testimony...bears on its face indications
of improbability and is contradicted by other
evidence and in addition thereto greatly pre-
ponderates in favor of defendant."
Under these circumstances, it would appear that
Patterson and the other Scottsboro defendants are entitled
to bail. Would you care to bring this matter to the at-
tention of the appropriate authorities of Alabama?
Yours respectfully,
H M Darling
HMD: MP
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 16, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from H. M. Darling in New York, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Darling, H. M.
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Horton, James Edwin, 1878-1973; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912
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H. M. Darling, an attorney, writes that because under Alabama law bail is allowed to prisoners unless the evidence is strong enough to assuredly convict them, and because Judge Horton doubts the evidence, the Scottsboro Boys are entitled to bail.
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1933-07-06
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Q
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Q0000063268; Q0000063269; Q0000063270
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490 Riverside Dr., New York, NY
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Franky Abbott
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The Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.)
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The Riverside Church
Riverside Drive at 122nd Street
New York, N.Y.
Ministers November 17, 1933.
HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK
EUGENE C. CARDER
C. IVAR HELLSTORM
The Honorable B. M. Miller,
Montgomery,
Alabama.
Dear Sir:
I hesitate to invade your time but we here in the North are
deeply disturbed over the reports in the newspapers about
the conditions that are likely to surround the trial of the
negro boys, now made famous in the Scottsboro case.
This concern of ours is not in any way critical of you or
the officers of the law involved in the matter. Upon the
contrary we profoundly sympathize with the difficulties which
this case involves everybody in. In particular, let me say
that I think one of the major tragedies in the whole matter
has been the fact that the defense of these boys has fallen
onto the hands of a Communist group, who are exploiting the
trial in the interest of their cause, and are deliberately
and I think disgracefully sacrificing to this propaganda
the welfare of the boys themselves. This, and many other
things, I could say in expression of my understanding of the
complexities of the situation. Nevertheless, we are des-
perstely hoping that the result will not be that the boys
themselves will become the scapegoats, and have visited
upon them a trial carried on in atmosphere that will make
the execution of justice almost impossible.
I take the liberty of writing this because personally I was
largely instrumental in sending Ruby Bates back to the first
trial where she was fearful of going on account of threats of
violence. I think I understand pretty well the shabby moral
background of Ruby Bates, and have none too much confidence in
her stability of mind, since, in the first trial, she needlessly
lied about me when she said that I had given her the dress she
wore. Nevertheless, my conversation with her as a Christian
minister convinced me that she did want on the major matter
to tell the truth concerning the innocence of the boys, that
she was profoundly distubred over carrying the responsibility of their condemnation through her false testimony in the
previous trial, and she left me convinced that the overwhelming
probabilities are that the boys themselves are not guilty.
All that I am pleading for, however, is that either the present
newspaper stories indicating that lynch law is about to assume
control over even the witnesses be denied, and any suspicion
of intimidation of witnesses be removed, or else that the
Governor B. M. Miller Nov. 17, 1933.
DR. H. E. Fosdick.
stability of the trial be assured by calling out the National
Guard.
I am taking the liberty of writing you thus with friendly
frankness because I am simply one of multitudes of sympathetic
people here who are not fanatical, who do not fail to under-
stand the situation in Alabama, who are, I think, level-headed
and conservative-minded about it, but who are deeply disturbed
by the present posture of events, and are hoping that every
possible means will be taken to avoid a miscarriage of
justice.
Respectfully yours,
Harry Emerson Fosdick
NOV. 20, 1933
Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick,
Riverside Drive at 122nd Street
New York, N.Y.
Dear Dr. Fosdick:
Your favor of November 17th with
reference to the Scottsboro case received.
I appreciate your interest and the
spirit of your letter.
I have of course kept in close touch
with the situation. The civil authorities in
whom I have every confidence, after careful in-
vestigation informed me that a military guard
was not necessary. I have, however, authorized
fifteen additional deputies, at the expense of
the State, to attend the trial and parties.
Knowing the actual conditions as I do, I believe
this ample protection.
With best wishes, I am
Yours very truly,
B. M. MILLER,
Governor.
BMM:M
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004240, Folder 8, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Harry Emerson Fosdick of the Riverside Church in New York, New York, to the Honorable B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Fosdick, Harry Emerson
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; The Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.); Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 1878-1969; Christianity; Communism
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Harry Emerson Fosdick, pastor of the historic, inter-denominational Riverside Church, writes to Governor Miller to express concern about Scottsboro and sympathies for the interference of self-interested communist groups who have complicated matters. He discusses his work with Ruby Bates prior to the 1931 trial in which he attempted to persuade her to tell the truth. Because of this work and Bates' subsequent 1933 testimony, he believes the Scottsboro Boys are not guilty and asks the Governor to disallow lynch law from assuming control in Alabama by calling out the National Guard. Governor Miller's response to Reverend Fosdick states that, after investigation, he believes that a military guard is not necessary.
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1933-11-17
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Q
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Q0000063070; Q0000063071
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Enid, OK
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Margaret Sasser
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Former state senator for the state of Oklahoma
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Uncertain; encourages review of convictions
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<u>Scottsboro</u> HARRY O. GLASSER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ENID, OKLAHOMA
May 25, 1932
His Excellency, the
Governor of Alabama,
Montgomery, Alabama.
Sir:
Am enclosing herewith an editorial
clipped from the Manchester Guardian of Manchester,
England.
I sincerely trust that you will allow
the opportunity of a review of these convictions by
the United States Supreme Court.
Very respectfully,
Harry O. Glasser
HG:LV Harry O. Glasser
Former State Senator of
the State of Oklahoma
Still Time for Justice
The world has just been profoundly
shocked by a particularly senseless and
cruel example of political assassination ;
unless the Governor of Alabama intervenes
with a reprieve which will allow
a much-discussed case to be carried to
the Supreme Court of the United States
there is the gravest risk that all those
who care for lar, order, and the
decencies of civilised life will suffer
another horrid shock. Friday, June 24,
has been fixed for the execution
of seven negro youths, not one of
them older than twenty years, who were
tried at Scottsboro, Alabama, a year
ago on a charge of having raped two
white girls of bad reputation. In the
beginning nine negro boys were
arraigned on the same charge of rape,
after being arrested in the first place
on a charge of vagrancy arising out of
a fight with some white youths. The
charge of rape was added later when
two of the negros' travelling companions
were found to be white girls of
the looser sort. In the case of one
boy - aged fourteen - the jury could
not agree ; the remaining eight were
sentenced to death. One of them - a
child of thirteen when he was charged -
has been put back for another trial ;
the remaining seven, whose sentence
has been confirmed by the Supreme
Court of Alabama, are to die on
June 24. It is a tangled and evil tale
of negros, "poor whites," and racial
jealousy, complicated by this time with
Communist propaganda and disputes
over the conduct of such defense as
there has been. But the main point is
this ; that in no other civilised country
could such a trial have been held and
such sentences pronounced. Even a
month ago the "Times" New York
correspondent was writing :
Outside the South the case is very generally
regarded as an example of "legal lynching" ;
and even in the South there are many
who admit that the evidence against the
boys is as flimsy as it well could be, and
political grounds.
The truth is that if these seven boys
are done to death next month a
blacker chapter will have been written
in the history of the Southern States
than any which records the numerous
mob lynchings in those regions, for this
lamentable affair has every appearance
of mass lynching by legal process.
There is still time for the world of
restraint - not from the voice of mercy,
but from the voice of reason, justice,
and self-respect.
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 5, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
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Letter from Harry O. Glasser in Enid, Oklahoma, to His Excellency in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Glasser, Harry O.
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Manchester Guardian
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Harry O. Glasser, an attorney and former senator, hopes that Governor Miller will allow the Supreme Court of the United States to review the Scottsboro Boys' convictions and encloses a clipping from the Manchester [England] Guardian.
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1932-05-25
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United States--Oklahoma--Enid
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Q
The "Q" reference number from the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH).
Q0000063225; Q0000063226
Address
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2520 E. 14th Street, Oakland, CA
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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Household of Ruth, No. 253 (San Francisco, Ca.), Grand United Order of Odd Fellows
Stance
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Not guilty; release
Group
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Organization
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DISTRICT GRAND 2 OAKLAND
HOUSEHOLD of RUTH No. 28 MAY 22 630 PM 1933
G.U.O. of O.F. of CALIFORNIA CALIF.
VICTORIA G. LeBEOUF
D.G.M.N.G.
2520 E. 14th STREET OAKLAND, CALIF.
Hon. B.M. Miller,
State Capitol,
Montgomery, Ala.
Governor of Alabama
...Meets...
1st Tuesday and 3rd Wednesday
Nights
Hamilton Hall Household of Ruth No. 253
Geary and Steiner Streets Grand United Order of Odd Fellows
San Francisco, Calif., May 22, 1933
Honorable B.M. Miller,
Governor of Alabama,
Montgomery, Ala.
Honorable Sir:-
The Household of Ruth No. 253, Grand United Order
of Odd Fellows of America are hereby appealing to you for the un-
conditional release of the Scottsboro Boys.
We firmly believe that these boys are innocent which
has really been proven by one of the State's witnesses, and we trust
that your belief in fairness will prevail in the case of these boys
and that you will grant their release.
Yours for Justice,
Angelina Holiday,
Most Noble Governor.
Victoria G. Le Beauf
Worthy Recorder.
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SB_L_1933.05.22_0968
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 9, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Title
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Letter from Household of Ruth, No. 253 in San Francisco, California, to Honorable B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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Household of Ruth, No. 253 (San Francisco, Ca.)
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Household of Ruth, No. 253; Grand United Order of Odd Fellows (San Francisco, Ca.)
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The Household of Ruth, No. 253, of San Francisco, California, asks Governor Miller for the Scottsboro Boys' unconditional release.
Date
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1933-05-22
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United States--California--Oakland
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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.
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Metadata types for Scottsboro Boys Letters
Q
The "Q" reference number from the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH).
Q0000063281; Q0000063282; Q0000063283
Address
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New Orleans, LA
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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International Association of Projectionists and Sound Engineers in North America (New Orleans, LA)
Stance
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Not guilty; release
Group
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Organization
Transcription
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I.A. P E of N.A 4 NEW ORLEANS RED CROSS
126 Exchange Place NOV 28 530 PM 1933 ROLL CALL
New Orleans, LA LA. JOIN
Governor Miller
State House
Montgomery
Alabama
FOR
HUMANITY'S
SAKE
DONT BUY
GERMAN GOODS
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PROJECTIONISTS
AND
SOUND ENGINEERS OF NORTH AMERICA
126 Exchange Please New Orleans, Louisiana.
New Orleans, La.
November 27th, 1933.
Judge W.W. Callahan,
Circuit Court,
Morgan County,
Decatur, Alabama.
Your decision ruling Negros off a Jury of any one of the
Scottsboro Boys trials presages a legal lynch verdict directed by the White
Ruling Class of Alabama.
Unless Negroes are on the juries trying the Scottsboro
Boys there will be no trial of these defendants based on the letter of the
law that all defendants before the bar shall be tried by a jury of their peers.
As Class Conscious White Southern Born Workers, members of
our organization challenge this attempted legalistic interpertation of Justice
on your part by evasion of knowledge of the innocence of these defendants and
the refusal to permit D fense Counsel the right of a panel of jurymen on which
Negroes are named so that for the first time in the history of the Southern
States a Negro may receive Justice at the hands of his own people. Are you
afraid that by permitting a panel on which Negroes are named, these Boys will
be found not GUILTY?
Before the workers of the world the Scottsboro Boys are
innocent and will be proven so if granted all their rights under the law usually
granted to white defendants. Insofar as the Justice of these demands is concern-
ed, TRUTH loving followers of Jesus Christ recognize in the testimony of Ruby
Bates during the trial of Heywood Patterson Last Spring, the innocence of the
Scottsboro Boys and the F ame-up of the State of Alabama. A burning indictment
of Alabama Lynch Justice (reserved for Negroes and friends of the Negro People
only) has been forged by the telling of the TRUTH by Ruby Bates and shall never
be effaced from the Memory of Man.
You are being judged by what you fail to do, rather that
by your legal interpertations of Law and the entire world sits in judgement of
you. A world of the rising Proletariat demands an unconditional release of the
Scottsboro Boys and the writing of Finis to a grim Comedy staged by a decadent
Feudal Social Order some 200 years out of date.
To us the South is the land of F eedom, not Hate; the land of
Democracy, not hypocrisy; the land of Promise to the oppressed peoples of the
world, not a land overflowing with Prejudice, Bigotry and Racial Discrimination.
We white workers of the South are weary of this so-called "white supremacy"
nightmare, wherein the starving white workers are whipped into a frenzy to crush
ever lower the standard of living of the Negro masses, resulting in a direct
lowering of our own standards of living because of submission to the wishes of
an exploiting ruling class maintaining economic slavery for both white and
black workers.
Giver these Scottsboro defendants the same privileges under
the law you would demand of the Negro people if your positions were reversed.
Very truly,
CC PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT International Association of Projectionists
CC GOVERNOR MILLER. and Sound Engineers of North America.
By Maurice Clark
Secretary.
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SB_L_1933.11.27_1090
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004240, Folder 17, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Title
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Letter from International Association of Projectionists and Sound Engineers of North America in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Judge W. W. Callahan in Decatur, Alabama.
Creator
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International Association of Projectionists and Sound Engineers in North America (New Orleans, LA)
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Callahan, William Washington, b. 1863; Bates, Ruby, -1976; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912
Description
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Union members of the International Association of Projectionists and Sound Engineers in North America write that the White Ruling Class of Alabama prevents the Scottsboro Boys from having a fair trial, as they do not have a jury of their peers. The union members ask if this is because the White Ruling Class is afraid the Scottsboro Boys would be found not guilty. They write that Judge Callahan, who presided over the trials beginning in October 1933, is being judged by what he fails to do. Many unions like this one wrote to the Governor in support of the Scottsboro Boys.
Date
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1933-11-27
Coverage
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United States--Louisiana--New Orleans
Language
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English
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Text
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Letter
Rights
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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.
Labor unions
Southern States
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Q
The "Q" reference number from the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH).
Q0000063066; Q0000063067; Q0000063068
Address
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Marion, AL
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Stance
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Uncertain; life imprisonment
Group
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Individual Voices
Transcription
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May 25, 1932. Mr. J. A. Hendrix Merion, Ala. Dear Mr. Hendrix: Your letter of May 23 received and appreciated. Am always glad to hear from you. I often think of my good friends in Perry County. Wish I could see more of them. The matters mentioned by you will be given careful study by me. Am always glad to have the benefit of your good counsel. With kindest personal regards, I am Yours sincerely, B. M. MILLER. Marion, Ala May 23, 1932 Gov. B.M. Miller Montgomery, Ala Scottsboro Dear Sir: I am your friend and well wisher. I think you have done remarkably well in your office so far. I have confidence that you will continue to do so. Never before has that office regarded such an amount of eval judgment and courage. Frequently I hear the expression "Old Miller is so bull headed". Well if Bull headed means courage, and I think it does, we want you to be bull headed. I think you are perfectly right in your stand on the school question. The schools ought to be hell down to the amount of taxes collected for shool purposes. But that cant be down as long as a group of "Educators" are allowed to have control of the state financial affairs. Now that <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">that</span> They are going out to put the matter before the people wich the verdict (unintelligible) of prejudicing the people against the administration and state government a campaign of Education against then ought to be started right away in order that they may not require the state and tax payers further. I hear quite a number of people, not <span style="text-decoration: underline;">school</span> people of course, speak very favorably of the suggested closing down of the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">several</span> normal schools over the state claiming they are <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">not</span> a great unnecessary expense, not (unintelligible) at all. Here is a thing I feel would be a wise thing for you to do. Commute the death sentences of the Scottsboro negroes our to life imprisonment. A lot of ^ people are of the opinion that the sentence is rather harse and under the circumstances not justified. Of course there are people now who, if such action were taken, would attribute it to fear of some of the threats. That is why it would take more courage to commute then it would not to interfere. With best wishes, Your friend T.A. Hendrix No reply expected. (notes: shool -- school, wich -- which, harse -- harsh)
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SB_L_1932.05.23_0692
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 4, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Title
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Letter from J. A. Hendrix in Marion, Alabama, to Gov. B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator
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Hendrix, J. A.
Subject
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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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J. A. Hendrix, a "friend and well wisher" of Governor Miller, congratulates the Governor on his performance in office so far and praises him for having great courage. He writes in detail that he agrees with the Governor on the "school" issue. He also asks the Governor to continue to have courage and to commute the Scottsboro Boys' sentence to life imprisonment, as the execution charges seem harsh and possibly not justified based on the evidence. Governor Miller's response to J. A. Hendrix thanks him for his "good counsel."
Date
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1932-05-23
Coverage
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United States--Alabama--Marion
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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.
Legal authorities
Southern States
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Q
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Q0000063202; Q0000063203
Address
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Carbondale, IL
Mediator
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Margaret Sasser
Organization
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Jackson County Organization of Colored Voters (Carbondale, Il.)
Stance
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Not guilty; no stance in regards to retrial or release
Group
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Organization
Transcription
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Murphysboro
May 1 11 am 1933
Ill.
Gov. Miller
Executive Mansion
Montgomery, Ala.
Officers:
W. F. Oliver, Vice Pres. Jackson County Organization of Colored Voters
Elkville, Ill. Dr. W. F. Mooreland, President
Thomas Ayer, Recording Sec. 311 N. Washington Ave.
Murphysboro, Ill. Carbondale, Ill.
F. B. Jackson, Corresponding Sec.
307 S. Marion St.
Carbondale, Ill.
Joe Blackwell, Treas.
Murphysboro, Ill.
Murphysboro, Ill.
April 26, 1933
Hon. Miller Gov.
State of Ala.
Dear Sir:
We the officers and members of the Jackson
County Organization of Colored Votes. Are reques-
ing you to exercise you executive authorityin the
Scotsburg Case. We hope you will consider that the
Eight Boys are human and not animals. As chief ex-
cutive of your state, We know that you took an
oath to support the Constitution of you state and
the United States.
We wish you would read Acts. 10; 34, Acts. 17;
26. and Gal. 6;7. Yours truly,
Thomas Ayer Sec.y
W.F. Mooreland Pres
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SB_L_1933.04.26_0940
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Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 1, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Title
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Letter from Jackson County Organization of Colored Voters in Carbondale, Illinois, to Hon. Miller Gov. in Alabama.
Creator
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Jackson County Organization of Colored Voters (Carbondale, Il.)
Subject
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Jackson County Organization of Colored Voters (Carbondale, Il.)
Description
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The Jackson County [Illinois] Organization of Colored Voters asks Governor Miller to exercise his power in the Scottsboro case and to treat the nine boys like fellow human beings. They ask the Governor to support the Constitution of the United States and to read Acts 10:34, Acts 17:26, and Gal 6:7.
Date
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1933-04-26
Coverage
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United States--Illinois--Murphysboro
Language
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English
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Text
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Letter
Rights
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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.
African Americans
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