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Claudia Jones — Part 9

117 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Mar 23, 1955 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Claudia Jones · 116 pages OCR'd
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WFO 100-11459 severe headaches, she would deserve a little human §ympathy even if she were an undoubted criminal, "Yet she is merely imprisoned for political views which may be held honestly and have aften inspired self- sacrifice even though the American Government may disagree with them. "This kind of thing is becomming widaly mown, and is = l-ee F We Aww Fm Division 11, Luckenwalde, Germany hy tia) aT LLNS Sam via _ bal 5S. Text of Communication: "(Translation of German letter) "We are deeply shocked to hear that CLAUDIA JONES, a very sick person had been imprisoned in the Federal Reformatory for Women in Alderson, _ Virginia. hai te "For years patriot CLAUDIA JONES has fought against injustice to white and colored people in the United States. "We, the women of the Democratic Women's League, in Luckenwalde, Division 11, violently protest against that terrori 8 ylolenee s entence imposed upon a sincere fighting negreas. We request the us blackening America's name all over the world. It would be a better for the honor of America if her sentence was suspended, Sle enabling her to return to her birthplace, the British West Indies. oe This by its affect on her mind, might aid her recovery, but ee a in any case, it would be more humane to deport her than to ME sentence her to slow death. i Pe "Yours very truly, ee oe fs/ “ow. v. Amsicock ies "THOMAS G.*TALHAM woke J. M ON. Hones G. Me*REVINON (partly iBlegible) nates M. E-XSILLIAMS ae here's gets m~ E.; INGER partly fiegible SN 7 Teo ih 1. Type of Communication: Transtetion’s Y German letter Sabed | aA 3/25/55 na lbay, Aus bre of Nn ee : 2. Postmark on Envelope: No envelope contained in file. eee : pene 3. Directed to: Attorney General BROWNELL 4. Address of Sender: Democratic Women's League, tic ~26-
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