Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer to Henry Allen Boyd
Title
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer to Henry Allen Boyd
Creator
Palmer, A. Mitchell (Alexander Mitchell), 1872-1936
Identifier
L122619A
Date
1919 December 29
Description
President has no power to stay execution of African Americans in Arkansas race riots.
Source
National Archives and Records Administration 230/06/41 file #158260 box #1284 NARA ID #14 2/3
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Subject
African-Americans--segregation
Language
English
Text
JAF-GMM
Henry Allen Boyd,
Secretary, Sunday School Congress,
Nashville, Tennessee.
Offense of negroes under sentence of death in connection with Elaine Arkansas riot was against State laws and not laws of United States. Consequently President has no power to stay execution.
A. MITCHELL PALMER
Attorney General.
Henry Allen Boyd,
Secretary, Sunday School Congress,
Nashville, Tennessee.
Offense of negroes under sentence of death in connection with Elaine Arkansas riot was against State laws and not laws of United States. Consequently President has no power to stay execution.
A. MITCHELL PALMER
Attorney General.
Files
Collection
Citation
Palmer, A. Mitchell (Alexander Mitchell), 1872-1936, “Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer to Henry Allen Boyd,” 1919 December 29, L122619A, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.