Telegram from International Labor Defense in New York, New York, to Governor B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
A telegram from the International Labor Defense signed by National Secretary William L. Patterson to Governor Miller. It presents "millions of white and negro workers outraged" by the events in Scottsboro and the "lies" spreading about an alleged prison mutiny carried out by defe...
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Alabama documents Telegram from International Labor Defense in New York, New York, to Governor B.M. Miller in Montgomery, 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; International Labor Defense; Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo), 1890-1980 |
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A telegram from the International Labor Defense signed by National Secretary William L. Patterson to Governor Miller. It presents "millions of white and negro workers outraged" by the events in Scottsboro and the "lies" spreading about an alleged prison mutiny carried out by defendants. It requests that Governor remove "Deputy Dement" who attacked the boys. This telegram was one of a group of correspondence that reflect high local and national tensions around the outcome of the 1933 trial in Decatur and that protest prison conditions for the defendants. |
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Q0000063184Q63184Telegram from International Labor Defense in New York, New York, to Governor B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.A telegram from the International Labor Defense signed by National Secretary William L. Patterson to Governor Miller. It presents "millions of white and negro workers outraged" by the events in Scottsboro and the "lies" spreading about an alleged prison mutiny carried out by defendants. It requests that Governor remove "Deputy Dement" who attacked the boys. This telegram was one of a group of correspondence that reflect high local and national tensions around the outcome of the 1933 trial in Decatur and that protest prison conditions for the defendants.1933 April 281933-04-281930-1939Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; International Labor Defense; Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo), 1890-1980TextCorrespondence; TelegramsAlabama. 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/6144 |
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Telegram from International Labor Defense in New York, New York, to Governor B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama. |
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