"Judge J. A. Hawkins Undaunted By Threatening Telegrams From International Labor Defense."
This article discusses a message sent by the International Labor Defense, demanding the release of the recently convicted "Scottsboro Boys." The nine young men were falsely charged with the "criminal assault" of two white women on a train, and eight of the defendants were sentenc...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | This article discusses a message sent by the International Labor Defense, demanding the release of the recently convicted "Scottsboro Boys." The nine young men were falsely charged with the "criminal assault" of two white women on a train, and eight of the defendants were sentenced to death. The article argues that this punishment "was no more than was coming to them" and praises Judge Hawkins "for his courage and for the...fair manner in which he proceeded to the trials of these culprits." |
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