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Letter from N. Henshaw to Gov. Miller.
N. Henshaw writes to Governor Miller that the Scottsboro Boys should have been burned or skinned, makes veiled references to lynching in mentioning that in the past it "wasn't necessary to tax the state with the expense of a trial in a thing of this…
Letter from Household of Ruth, No. 253 in San Francisco, California, to Honorable B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Household of Ruth, No. 253, of San Francisco, California, asks Governor Miller for the Scottsboro Boys' unconditional release.
Petition from Howard University students in Washington, District of Columbia, to the Governor of the State of Alabama in Montgomery, Alabama.
This petition from students at Howard University protests the "deplorable miscarriage of justice" in Haywood Patterson's 1933 trial in Decatur before Judge Horton. The petition includes seven pages with approximately 50 signatures on each page.
Letter from Agnes Inglis in Ann Arbor, to Governor B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Agnes Inglis asks that Governor Miller move the Scottsboro Boys' trial to Birmingham so that they may be given a fair trial. She includes a copy for Alabama Attorney General Thomas E. Knight, Jr.
Letter from Charles Ingram in Lynn, Massachusetts, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Charles Ingram, an attorney, writes that the persecution of the Scottsboro Boys must be stopped. He argues that the lack of medical attention given to Olen Montgomery for his eye ailment is unjustifiable. Lastly, he urges the Governor to move the…
Letter from International Association of Projectionists and Sound Engineers of North America in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Judge W. W. Callahan in Decatur, Alabama.
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…
Resolution from International Class War Prisoners Aid, Australian Section in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, to the Governor of Alabama in Montgomery, Alabama.
In this resolution, the International Class War Prisoners Aid (ICWPA), Australian Section, protest the 1931 Scottsboro trial sentencing and demand the immediate, unconditional release of the defendants. The document includes efforts to compare…
Telegram from the International Labor Defense in New York, New York, to Governor B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
The International Labor Defense decries the Birmingham jail guards' reported mistreatment of the Scottsboro defendants incarcerated there and demands that these guards be punished. This telegram was one of a group of correspondences that protests…
Telegram from International Labor Defense in New York, New York, to Governor B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Signed by National Secretary William L. Patterson of the International Labor Defense, this telegram to Governor Miller represents "millions of white and negro workers outraged" by the events in Scottsboro and the "lies" spreading about an alleged…
Petition from International Labor Defense in Seattle, Washington, to Governor B. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
This petition from International Labor Defense in Seattle, Washington, demands the immediate release of the nine Scottsboro Boys with signatures, addresses, and donation amounts.