Summary of Telegram from Marion Jefferson to President Roosevelt about Scottsboro Case
12/3/1933
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In a telegram to President Roosevelt, Marion Jefferson of New York City suggests that he speak out against lynching to help protect the Scottsboro boys.
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.
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: 2780370
Full Citation: Summary of Telegram from Marion Jefferson to President Roosevelt about Scottsboro Case; 12/3/1933; 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/telegram-marion-jefferson-fdr-scottsboro, May 12, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.