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Scottsboro defendants

Nine Black youths faced Alabama prosecutions that exposed racism in the justice system. Newspaper pages from 1931 to 1937 on a map and timeline.

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8208 matching newspaper pages in total. Chicago, IL has the most hits (3202 pages). Showing up to 10 earliest results from this city.

  1. The Daily Worker — 1931-03-27, page 1

    … murderously attacked by a plantation boss fter they had de manded their wages. In Scottsboro, Ala., 9 Negro workers were picked up by the police' yesterday on vague charges …

  2. The Daily Worker — 1931-04-07, page 1

    … to Strike Terror at Rising Temper of Masses; Must Answer On May First BULLETIN. SCOTTSBORO, Ala., April 6.—Mob of 8,000, the most people ever seen in this town, jammed it …

  3. The Daily Worker — 1931-04-07, page 2

    … lynching terror which took over 43 victims last year, 10 al ready this year, and in Scottsboro, Ala., on this very day is inciting to the mass lynching of nine young Negro workers …

  4. The Daily Worker — 1931-04-08, page 1

    … SEND 2 NEGROES TO CHAIR IN A LYNCH HOLIDAY 7 More Young 1 Boys Face Death Verdict SCOTTSBORO. Ala., April 7.—The first two of nine Negro boys, all under 21 years of age, were …

    … meeting against the lynching, legal or otherwise, of nine Negro young workers at Scottsboro. Ala. The protest meeting will be held at St. Luke’s Hall. 125 West 130 St., at …

  5. The Daily Worker — 1931-04-10, page 1

    … Workers, Negro,White! Stop the “Legal” Lynching of Nine Negro Boys in Alabamal AT Scottsboro, Alabama, the southern white ruling class is now engaged in lynching 9 Negro boys …

    … unite and to rally to the defense of these 9 Negro boys who are being lynched in Scottsboro. The Communist Party calls upon all working class and Negro organ izations to adopt …

    … depended upon to rally those organizations in defense of these helpless boys of Scottsboro. These reformist leaders can be expected, as usual, only to betray the Negro masses …

  6. The Daily Worker — 1931-04-10, page 3

    … responsible for the safety of the I. L. D. attorney. The I L. D. attorney will arrive in Scottsboro tomorrow. The Communist Party last night issued an official statement calling attention …

  7. The Daily Worker — 1931-04-11, page 1

    … their conviction and sentence to death in the mass legal lynching , just ended at Scottsboro, Alabama, the eight young Negro workers shouted denunciations of the vicious frame …

    … i do such incidents as the legal lynch ; ing of eight Negro young workers at | Scottsboro, Ala , that the murder and | abusing of Negro workers is a part , of the program …

  8. The Daily Worker — 1931-04-11, page 5

    … L. D. Must Have Funds! The international Labor Defense has sent an attorney to Scottsboro and has demanded the right to in terview the nine Negro youths. The I. L. D. is …

  9. The Daily Worker — 1931-04-13, page 1

    … resentment sweeping the country as a result of the outrageous legal lynching in Scottsboro, Alabama, where a boss court im posed sentences of death in the electric chair …

  10. The Daily Worker — 1931-04-13, page 2

    … protest demonstration against the frame-up and murder of the eight Negro boys in Scottsboro, Alabama. And, be sides this, it will be a preliminary j rally for the great May …

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