Letter from New Deal Girls Social Club to Eleanor Roosevelt about the Scottsboro Boys
2/15/1935
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Correspondence began arriving at the White House shortly after the arrests of the Scottsboro Boys. By 1935, many were growing frustrated with President Roosevelt for his failure to intervene. Even Eleanor Roosevelt herself was not immune from the pressure. The New Deal Girls Social Club in New York asked her to “use your influence with the President in behalf of 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 General Records of the Department of Justice.
National Archives Identifier: 7858356
Full Citation: Letter from New Deal Girls Social Club to Eleanor Roosevelt about the Scottsboro Boys; 2/15/1935; 158260 sub 46; Straight Numerical Files, 1904 - 1974; General Records of the Department of Justice, Record Group 60; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/letter-from-new-deal-girls-social-club-about-scottsboro-boys, April 25, 2025]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
