Letter from Percy W. Powles in Berkeley, California, to the Governor of Alabama.
Letter to the governor condemning the "framed-up evidence" convicting the Scottsboro Boys to death. Percy W. Powles writes that he cannot believe such great athletes as the Crimson Tide, whom he saw play a game against the Cougars, represents an unjust state. He asks that Governor Miller s...
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Alabama documents Letter from Percy W. Powles in Berkeley, California, to the Governor of Alabama. |
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Alabama documents Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Alabama Crimson Tide (Football team) |
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Letter to the governor condemning the "framed-up evidence" convicting the Scottsboro Boys to death. Percy W. Powles writes that he cannot believe such great athletes as the Crimson Tide, whom he saw play a game against the Cougars, represents an unjust state. He asks that Governor Miller stop lynchings and legal murders that bring contempt upon the state. |
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Q0000063033Q63033Letter from Percy W. Powles in Berkeley, California, to the Governor of Alabama.Letter to the governor condemning the "framed-up evidence" convicting the Scottsboro Boys to death. Percy W. Powles writes that he cannot believe such great athletes as the Crimson Tide, whom he saw play a game against the Cougars, represents an unjust state. He asks that Governor Miller stop lynchings and legal murders that bring contempt upon the state.1931 July 201931-07-201930-1939Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Alabama Crimson Tide (Football team)TextCorrespondenceAlabama. GovernorScottsboro Case appeals to the GovernorSG004235V3775Alabama 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.600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/6070 |
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Letter from Percy W. Powles in Berkeley, California, to the Governor of Alabama. |
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