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News clippings : Scottsboro case
Thursday, December 2, 1937
Thursday, December 23, 1937
A2001-074
AF/163072
News clipping topics : School board grants the petition of the Portland Scottsboro defense committee to use the Lincoln high school auditorium December 23 for a meeting to arouse interest in the Scottsboro cases and to raise funds for the defense of the accused Negroes [Black individuals] news clipping ; Scottsboro accused will speak, Olen Montgomery and Roy Wright. Richard B. Moore, president of the National Negro congress and Kelly Foster president of the Portland local sleeping cart porters will also speak Also includes news clippings regarding : an editorial that believes that O'dale seems like a rather expensive luxury because he has been unable to bring any treasonable or revolutionary activities to the attention of the district attorney, all he has been able to do is start whispering campaigns. Organization : Oregonian People : Kenin, Harry ; Workman, George S. ; Esterly, H. M. ; Goodman, Irvin ; Seetland, Monroe ; Ackerman, Nathan ; Solomon, Gus ; Tuverson, Ernest ; Moore, Richard B. ; Mongromery, Olen ; Wright, Roy ; O'Dale, Walter B. Key Words : Scottsboro ; civil rights ; minorities ; School board ; Red Squad ; police ; Black rights
