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- Handbill for a Rally in Support of the Scottsboro Boys, Pilgrim Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois, November 17, 1933 - In 1931, nine black youths were unjustly accused of raping two white women in Alabama. White juries quickly convicted and sentenced eight of the defendants to death. The International Labor Defense, the legal arm of the Communist Party of the United States, issued this handbill to rally public support to combat this injustice and to free the "Scottsboro Boys."
- November 17, 1933
- Collections - Artifact
Handbill for a Rally in Support of the Scottsboro Boys, Pilgrim Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois, November 17, 1933
In 1931, nine black youths were unjustly accused of raping two white women in Alabama. White juries quickly convicted and sentenced eight of the defendants to death. The International Labor Defense, the legal arm of the Communist Party of the United States, issued this handbill to rally public support to combat this injustice and to free the "Scottsboro Boys."
- "Equality Land and Freedom: A Program for Negro Liberation," 1933 - The League of Struggle for Negro Rights, an early civil rights organization, published this pamphlet in 1933. In it the organization listed a 12-point program to obtain equal rights, proposed a Bill of Rights for the Negro People, and published the organization's constitution and draft by-laws. Langston Hughes, poet, playwright, and social activist, headed the organization.
- 1933
- Collections - Artifact
"Equality Land and Freedom: A Program for Negro Liberation," 1933
The League of Struggle for Negro Rights, an early civil rights organization, published this pamphlet in 1933. In it the organization listed a 12-point program to obtain equal rights, proposed a Bill of Rights for the Negro People, and published the organization's constitution and draft by-laws. Langston Hughes, poet, playwright, and social activist, headed the organization.