"Death Penalty Properly Demanded in Fiendish Crime of Nine Burly Negroes."
This article discusses the upcoming trial of the nine "Scottsboro Boys," were were falsely charged with assaulting two white women on a train. The piece commends the local citizens for allowing the authorities to handle the matter, promising that such cooperation will ensure that the defen...
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Alabama documents African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Criminal justice, Administration of; Criminology; Punishment; Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931 |
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This article discusses the upcoming trial of the nine "Scottsboro Boys," were were falsely charged with assaulting two white women on a train. The piece commends the local citizens for allowing the authorities to handle the matter, promising that such cooperation will ensure that the defendants will be punished: "There's no complete remedy for the harm that has been done but to the credit of the citizens as a whole they have sustained respect for law and order...This was a heinous and unspeakable crime...The white man will not stand for such acts and because of this a sober mind and court are being allowed to take the place of incendiary and inflamatory [sic] maneuvers. Society is better for it." |
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Q0000024945Q24945"Death Penalty Properly Demanded in Fiendish Crime of Nine Burly Negroes."This article discusses the upcoming trial of the nine "Scottsboro Boys," were were falsely charged with assaulting two white women on a train. The piece commends the local citizens for allowing the authorities to handle the matter, promising that such cooperation will ensure that the defendants will be punished: "There's no complete remedy for the harm that has been done but to the credit of the citizens as a whole they have sustained respect for law and order...This was a heinous and unspeakable crime...The white man will not stand for such acts and because of this a sober mind and court are being allowed to take the place of incendiary and inflamatory [sic] maneuvers. Society is better for it."1931 March 271931-03-271930-1939African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Criminal justice, Administration of; Criminology; Punishment; Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931TextNewspapersThe Huntsville Daily Times45.0572v1233Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.240 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/3425 |
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