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Scottsboro defense organized for new trials in 1936
New York reports a joint defense committee will handle the Scottsboro case. The nine defendants, eight under death sentence at times, will be retried on January 13 1936 after the Alabama convictions were overturned by the U S Supreme Court. Dr Allan Knight Chalmers chairs the coordinating body with major civil rights and labor groups joining.
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New York
Alabama
Joint Defense Committee
United States Supreme Court
Allan Knight Chalmers
Broadway Tabernacle
New York City
Methodist Federation For Social Service
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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American Civil Liberties Union
International Labor Defense
League For Industrial Democracy
Scottsboro
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