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Title
Letter from W. E. Mohammed in Detroit, Michigan, to Gov. B. M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
Subject
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Islam
Description
W. E. Mohammed asks Governor Miller for the Scottsboro Boys' trial to be moved from Decatur to Birmingham. The letter speaks on behalf of ten thousand Muslims who want the Scottsboro Boys' release.
Creator
Mohammed, W. E.
Source
Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 23, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
Date
3/27/1933
Format
Letter
Language
English
Coverage
United States--Michigan--Detroit
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Transcription
From. DETROIT, MICH
W. E. Mohammed. MAR 27
2713 Mullett St. 3 30 PM
Detroit Mich. 1933
Gov. B. M. Miller.
Montgomery Ala.
Detroit Mich.
2713 Mullett St.
March 27, 1933
Gov, B.M.Miller.
Montgomery Ala.
Dear Sir:-
We kindly as you for a change of
venue in these innocent boys trial from
Decatur back to Birmingham ,where they
will probably ger a better trial there
then way out in the woods.
ten thousands moslems better known to
you as Mohammedans demanding of you to
free them boys immediately as it would be
better for you all to go jump over board
and drown, then to lynch one of them.
your country is in enough trouble now, if
you dont know it, without making more tro-
uble for you; to us we would ask you to
do to us as you is going to ask us to do
unto you in the near future.
Yours Truly
W.E. Mohammed [Arabic initials for W. E. Mohammed]
W. E. Mohammed. MAR 27
2713 Mullett St. 3 30 PM
Detroit Mich. 1933
Gov. B. M. Miller.
Montgomery Ala.
Detroit Mich.
2713 Mullett St.
March 27, 1933
Gov, B.M.Miller.
Montgomery Ala.
Dear Sir:-
We kindly as you for a change of
venue in these innocent boys trial from
Decatur back to Birmingham ,where they
will probably ger a better trial there
then way out in the woods.
ten thousands moslems better known to
you as Mohammedans demanding of you to
free them boys immediately as it would be
better for you all to go jump over board
and drown, then to lynch one of them.
your country is in enough trouble now, if
you dont know it, without making more tro-
uble for you; to us we would ask you to
do to us as you is going to ask us to do
unto you in the near future.
Yours Truly
W.E. Mohammed [Arabic initials for W. E. Mohammed]