The Scottsboro Boys – Four Freed! Five To Go!: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A fifteen-page pamphlet published by the Daily Worker, “The Scottsboro Boys – Four Freed! Five To Go!” The saddle-stitched pamphlet is printed in black ink on brown paper. The front cover features a design of four male figures (representing the freed young men), arms held aloft in victory, at the top, while at the bottom, five male figures sit, still imprisoned. In between these drawings in large black print is: [THE / SCOTTSBORO / BOYS / - / Four Freed! / Five To Go! / by ANGELO HERNDON]. The interior contents gives a summary and call to action on the Scottsboro Boys. There are no illustrations or graphics. On the back cover, in large bold black print is “6 Years of Struggle” followed by a summary of the Daily Worker, along with a subscription offer.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: August 1937
• Published by: Workers Library Publishers, Inc., American, founded 1930
• Written by: Angelo Braxton Herndon, American, 1913 - 1997
• Subject of: Eugene Williams, American, born 1918
• Subject of: Roy Wright, American, 1918 - 1959
• Subject of: Scottsboro Boys, American, 1931 - 1989
• Subject of: Olen Montgomery, American, born 1914
• Subject of: Willie Roberson, American
• Subject of: International Labor Defense, American, 1925 - 1946
• Type: periodicals
• Type: pamphlets
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (open): 6 7/8 × 9 13/16 in. (17.5 × 25 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (closed): 6 7/8 × 4 13/16 in. (17.5 × 12.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Scottsboro, Jackson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
• Place printed: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: Law
• Topic: Politics
• Object number: 2021.16.9.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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