Letter from Negro Businessmen's League in Corona, New York to Governor Miller in Montgomery Alabama.
A letter from the Negro Businessmen's League signed by "Dr. George G. Mehlen" representing 1,161 members. The letter protests the 1933 verdicts from Judge Callahan's court and declares the Scottsboro defendants' innocence. It claims the NBL is raising funds to protect them f...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/6189 |
| Summary: | A letter from the Negro Businessmen's League signed by "Dr. George G. Mehlen" representing 1,161 members. The letter protests the 1933 verdicts from Judge Callahan's court and declares the Scottsboro defendants' innocence. It claims the NBL is raising funds to protect them from the Alabama courts and government. The letter ends: "We are also trying to organize to the extent to lynch one of you whenever a Negro is lynched as you have lynched us for over 250 years." This organization may be affiliated with the National Negro Business League. |
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