Document 12C: "Thousands in Protest March in New York," Southern Worker, 23 May 1931, p. 1.

by Sara L. Creed and Hasia Diner
Document 12C: "Thousands in Protest March in New York," Southern Worker, 23 May 1931, p. 1. Included in How Did Women Shape the Discourse and Further Interracial Cooperation in the Worldwide Mass Movement to Free the Scottsboro Boys?, by Sara L. Creed and Hasia Diner. (Binghamton, NY: State University of New York at Binghamton, 2004).
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THOUSANDS IN PROTEST
MARCH IN NEW YORK

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    Thousands of Negro and white workers, led by the League of Struggle for Negro Rights and the International Labor Defense, marched thru Harlem, New York City, last Saturday protesting the legal lynching at Scottsboro. Ada Wright, mother of two of the boys, and her 9-year-old daughter marched at the head of the parade.

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400 Meetings Held

    The campaign to save the boys has already resulted in a broad protest movement North and South. Over 400 street and indoor meetings of white and Negro workers have protested against the lynch verdict.

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