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- NYU School of Law
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- Bozeman v. Lambert
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- Bozeman v. Lambert
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- Alabama
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- Case Files
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Case Files, Bozeman & Wilder Working Files. Don't Come to Aliceville Notice, 1982. e456eada-ee92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/1f700e12-7d1f-40cc-8b3a-d63fc8e6ab74/dont-come-to-aliceville-notice. Accessed June 06, 2025.

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DON'T SHSP I}.] ALICEVILLE ! ! t

Robert Sledge has been part c.f the fight for the rights of City
workers and for the rights of Black people in Aliclvilie in Fickens County
Alabe:ua. He is an ardent supporter of Maggie Bozeman and.Iulia',Iild,:r,
two Black womcn who have been framed-rip by thc racists in the Corlnty"
Brother Sledge has been falsaly accused and sland;re<l by the Ci.ty officjals
in A1icevil1e.

itc is facing a phony charge of "n.:nacing" a whitc woman of iiliceville
and is to be tried ln Al-icevillu city courr on Janurery 13, 1g32, which'
could reeult ln a jail sentencc and a finl. Thc City has only onc witness --
the so-called victln. The City hasn't relcased ani' information obout thj.s
alleged incident and Brother Sledge knows nothirrg i:bouE it. Brotht-r 3ledg.-,
has witnesses who wiLl testify that he was net pros,tnt wli.:re this suppos;ed
incident occurred and would never do anything li-ke this " Brothcr Sledge main-
talns hls complete lnnocenceE--this ma.tte:: and there ls nothing in his record
to indicate that he would act in such a rv.r-r.

However, there ls rnuch -i.n the rccord of the City officials thit wculd
indicate that they would try Eo frarne Brothcr Sledge. Brother SleCge \\ras one
of the City workers who fought to rcccivc rt least a minimum r{age, to secur.J
health insurance and to gain safer wcrking conditri.ons.

WE DEMAND TtulT THE GI;\RGB AG;IINST ?RCTIIXP SLEDGE BE DROPPID. I^Ia ask
every democratlc-rolnded person in ^liceville, in Plckens County and anlrwhere
else tn thls worl-d not to shcp ln Aliccvi-lle until justice ls tlonc.

DONIT SiiCP IN ITLICI]T/ILL]] !!!
For nrore infornatlon or assistancc with transpcrtaEion tc shop out of tcwn c:.11;

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