Letter from James Hoey to Louis McHenry Howe about the Scottsboro Case
10/27/1933
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In this letter from James Hoey, attorney, to Louis McHenry Howe, a Personal Secretary to President Franklin Roosevelt, the lawyer discusses a potential action that the President can take to impact the Scottsboro case.
For more information about the Scottsboro case, read
The Scottsboro Boys: Injustice in Alabama from the Spring 2014 issue of Prologue, the Quarterly Publication of the National Archives.
This primary source comes from the FDR-FDRPOF: President's Official Files (Roosevelt Administration).
National Archives Identifier:
2780370Full Citation: Letter from James Hoey to Louis McHenry Howe about the Scottsboro Case; 10/27/1933; OF 532: Scottsboro Case 1933-1940; Franklin D. Roosevelt President's Official Files, 1933 - 1945; FDR-FDRPOF: President's Official Files (Roosevelt Administration); Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, NY. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/letter-from-james-hoey-to-louis-mchenry-howe-about-the-scottsboro-case, April 18, 2024]