Telegram from Confederación Sindical Latinoamericana in Montevideo, Uruguay, to Governor B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.

Telegram from Confederación Sindical Latinoamericana (Latin American Trade Union Confederation) on behalf of Central and South American workers protesting the 1931 convictions of the Scottsboro boys and calling for their immediate release. This organization was the Latin American branch of the Red I...

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Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/6073
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Summary:Telegram from Confederación Sindical Latinoamericana (Latin American Trade Union Confederation) on behalf of Central and South American workers protesting the 1931 convictions of the Scottsboro boys and calling for their immediate release. This organization was the Latin American branch of the Red International of Labour Unions--an international body established by the Communist International with the aim of coordinating Communist activities within trade unions.