Resolution from the Central Unemployed Council in Mansfield, Ohio, to B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.

Resolution from the Central Unemployed Council in Mansfield, Ohio, to B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.

A resolution sent by the Central Unemployed Council after the 1933 Decatur trial with Judge Horton. Resolution demands a change of venue to Birmingham, the release of the Scottsboro Boys and protection for them from lynching, and Negro and white workers represented on future juries. It warns of the...

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Resolution from the Central Unemployed Council in Mansfield, Ohio, to B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
fulltopic Alabama documents
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912; Unemployed Councils of the USA; Central Unemployed Council (Mansfield, Ohio)
description A resolution sent by the Central Unemployed Council after the 1933 Decatur trial with Judge Horton. Resolution demands a change of venue to Birmingham, the release of the Scottsboro Boys and protection for them from lynching, and Negro and white workers represented on future juries. It warns of the damage to Alabama's international reputation if the Scottsboro defendants are executed and ends by explicitly requesting a pardon for Haywood Patterson. Unemployed Councils of the USA was a mass organization of the Communist Party, USA.
spelling Q0000063164 - Q0000063165Q63164 - Q63165Resolution from the Central Unemployed Council in Mansfield, Ohio, to B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.A resolution sent by the Central Unemployed Council after the 1933 Decatur trial with Judge Horton. Resolution demands a change of venue to Birmingham, the release of the Scottsboro Boys and protection for them from lynching, and Negro and white workers represented on future juries. It warns of the damage to Alabama's international reputation if the Scottsboro defendants are executed and ends by explicitly requesting a pardon for Haywood Patterson. Unemployed Councils of the USA was a mass organization of the Communist Party, USA.1933 April 111933-04-111930-1939Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912; Unemployed Councils of the USA; Central Unemployed Council (Mansfield, Ohio)TextResolutionsAlabama. GovernorScottsboro Case appeals to the GovernorSG004238V3775Alabama 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/6125
title Resolution from the Central Unemployed Council in Mansfield, Ohio, to B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
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