Eugene Angelo Braxton Herndon
1913 - 1997
Background Materials:
Rouge et Noir Reread: A Popular Constitutional History of the Angelo Herndon Case, Kendall Thomas
"An Insinuating Voice". Angelo Herndon and the Invisible Genesis of the Radical Prison Slave's Neo-Slave Narrative, Dennis Childs
The War and Civil Rights: The Negro Quarterly, 1942-1943, Christopher Z. Hobson
Legal Materials:
The Fulton County, Georgia Grand Jury Indictment of Angelo Herndon [from Let Me Live]
Summary for Angelo Herndon before the Fulton County Petit Jury, January 1933, Ben Davis, Jr., [from Let Me Live]
Angelo Herndon's speech to the Jury, January 1933 [from Let Me Live]
Opinion of the Supreme Court of Georgia in the case of Angelo Herndon [from Let Me Live]
Decision [First] of the United States Supreme Court in the Case of Angelo Herndon, May 1935, [from Let Me Live]
Victory. Decision of the United States Supreme Court in the Case of Angelo Herndon, April 1937, [Full Text]
Herndon's Writings and Articles about His Case:
1932: The original leaflet that led to Angelo Herndon's arrest [from Let Me Live]
1932: Seize Negro Worker, Daily Worker, July 15, 1932
1932: An Interview with Angelo Herndon in Atlanta Jail, William L. Patterson, Daily Worker, October 5, 1932
1932: I.L.D. Starts Habeus Corpus Proceedings in Herndon Case, Daily Worker, December 1, 1932
1932: Herndon Death Trial Up Today, Daily Worker, December 15, 1932
1932: Win Release of Angelo Herndon on Lower Bail, Daily Worker, December 26, 1932
1933: Send Negro Organizer to Death on Chain Gang, R. H. Hart, Daily Worker, January 20, 1933
1933: Daily Worker Editorial: Smash the Southern Slave-Code!, Daily Worker, January 21, 1933
1933: Mrs. Montgomery Hits Chain Gang. Herndon Verdict Hits at Negro People, Daily Worker, January 23, 1933
1933: "Smash the Chain Gang System!" Appeals Latest Victim. Angelo Herndon in Georgia Jail Sends Message, Daily Worker, January 26, 1933
1933: Next Steps in the Herndon Fight, Andrew Overgaard, Daily Worker, January 30, 1933
1933: Herndon Verdict Is Part of Boss Hunger Drive, Young Worker, February 1, 1933
1933: The Political Significance of the Herndon Case, Otto Hall, Daily Worker, February 4, 1933
1933: Refuse Bail for Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, February 6, 1933
1933: Herndon New Appeal from Death Cell, Daily Worker, February 7, 1933
1933: Daily Worker Editorial: What of a "Negro" Newspaper that Helps White Ruling Class Lynchers?, Daily Worker, February 7, 1933
1933: Georgia Bosses Hand Out a "Lenient Sentence", Ann Burlak, Daily Worker, February 8, 1933
1933: Seek Freedom for Angelo Herndon, The Militant, February 13, 1933
1933: Angelo Herndon Framed Up, Thrown into Solitary Cell
1933: Building a Mass Movement to Win Freedom for Angelo Herndon, Syd Benson, Daily Worker, March 21, 1933
1933: Use Fake 'Electric Chair' to Third Degree Herndon, Sender Garlin, Daily Worker, May 6, 1933
1933: "Mass Fight is Way to Win," Says Herndon, Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, May 6, 1933
1933: A Letter from Herndon, Young Worker, May 24, 1933
1933: On the Struggle to Release A. Herndon from Chain Gang, Allen Johnson, Daily Worker, June 8, 1933
1933: Bail for Herndon is Refused by Atlanta Judge Who Tried Him, Daily Worker, June 27, 1933
1933: A Call to Fight Fascism from Angelo Herndon, Labor Defender, July 1933
1933: New Trial for Herndon Denied, Daily Worker, July 7, 1933
1933: A Letter from Angelo Herndon, Labor Defender, December 1933
1934: In Memory of Harry Simms, Angelo Herndon, Labor Defender, February 1934
1934: A Letter from Angelo Herndon, [in Sender Garlin's Change the World! column] Daily Worker, March 13, 1934
1934: Angelo Herndon - A Leader of the Unemployed - Tells his Own Story, Part I; Part II, Labor Defender, April and May 1934
1934: Body Wracked, Head Unbowed, Angelo Herndon Asks News of Workers' Struggles and Soviet Union, Myra Page
1934: Will We Allow Lynch Justice to Kill Our Brave Comrade Angelo Herndon?, Myra Page
1934: Angelo Herndon's Own Story of Treatment in Fulton Jail, Part I; Part II, Daily Worker, June 26 and 27, 1934
1934: Georgia Officials Ape Hitler Terror, Don West, Labor Defender, July 1934
1934: Amter Asks Speed to Raise Bail of $15,000 for Herndon
1934: To Free Angelo Herndon, New Masses, July 24, 1934
1934: Southern White Woman Pleads for Loans for Herndon Bail Fund, Grace Lumpkin, Daily Worker, July 25, 1934
1934: Only 24 Hours Left to Save Herndon. Davis Calls Fight for Herndon a Fight on Fascist Terrorism, Ben Davis, Jr., Daily Worker, August 1, 1934
1934: Herndon Leaves Prison. Mass Demonstration to Greet Heroic Negro Out Under $15,000 Bail, Daily Worker, August 6, 1934
1934: Masses to Greet Herndon At Penna. Terminal Today. Workers' Organizations Led by Browder, I.L.D. to Meet Heroic Negro, Daily Worker, August 7, 1934
1934: Thousands Hail Herndon, Daily Worker, August 8, 1934
1934: Greetings by Herndon to Toilers!, Daily Worker, August 8, 1934
1934: 10,000 Cheering Negro and White Workers Take Over Terminal as Herndon Arrives , Edwin Rolfe, Daily Worker, August 9, 1934
1934: Herndon, Ravaged by Torture, Fights On , Cyril Briggs, Daily Worker, August 9, 1934
1934: Harlem Throng Greets Herndon as Symbol of Revolutionary Unity of Black and White, Cyril Briggs, Daily Worker, August 17, 1934
1934: 14,000 at Sacco-Vanzetti Memorial Pledge to Free Herndon and 9 Boys, Cyril Briggs, Daily Worker, August 24, 1934
1934: George Schuyler Does His Bit to Aid Lynchers, Cyril Briggs, Daily Worker, August 27, 1934
1934: A Hero and a Judas Confront Each Other: Herndon vs. Schuyler , Cyril Briggs, Daily Worker, September 8, 1934
1934: Angelo Herndon Leaves Prison on $15,000 Bail Raised by I.L.D., Southern Worker, September 1934
1934: Labor Defender Editorial: Herndon Must Stay Free!, Labor Defender, September 1934
1934: Angelo Herndon Urges Build Mass Paper!, Southern Worker, October 1934
1934: I Know the Might of Mass Protest, Angelo Herndon, Labor Defender, November 1934
1935: "I Have No Illusions": An Interview with Tom Mooney, Angelo Herndon, Labor Defender, January 1935
1935: World-Wide Class Struggle Pictured in Labor Defender, Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, March 7, 1935
1935: Climax Nears in Herndon 'Insurrection' Case, Benjamin J. Davis, Jr., Daily Worker, March 29, 1935
1935: Scottsboro Reversal Points Road to Herndon Victory, Anna Damon
1935: Georgia Prosecutor Quotes Hearst in Attack on Herndon. Presses Fight to Send Negro to Chain Gang, Louis Colman
1935: Nine Old Men Thumbing Law Books Sit in Judgment on Herndon Case, Sasha Small, Daily Worker, April 16, 1935
1935: Masses Can Smash Slave Laws, Herndon Says, Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, April 20, 1935
1935: Negro Masses Need Leader Like Herndon, James W. Ford, Daily Worker, May 8, 1935
1935: U.S. [Supreme] Court Rules Against Herndon
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: Herndon Must Be Saved!
1935: Shall Angelo Herndon Go to His Death on the Georgia Chain Gang?, Anna Damon, Daily Worker, May 28, 1935
1935: [Norman] Thomas to Seek Nation-Wide Socialist Support for Herndon, Daily Worker, May 29, 1935
1935: 20 Years on the Chain Gang? Angelo Herndon Must Go Free!, Elizabeth Lawson
1935: Must Angelo Herndon Die?, Ann Burlak, [review of 20 Years on the Chain Gang?] Daily Worker, May 30, 1935
1935: YCL Asks Unity to Aid Herndon, Daily Worker, June 4, 1935
1935: A Southern Reformatory for Negro Boys, Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, June 8, 1935
1935: Stay is Won in Sentence of Herndon, Daily Worker, June 13, 1935
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: The Herndon Stay, Daily Worker, June 15, 1935
1935: Goal of 2,000,000 Names Set by I.L.D. Petition Drive Demanding Herndon's Release, Daily Worker, June 19, 1935
1935: Herndon Urges United Fight in Talk at NAACP Convention, Daily Worker, June 28, 1935
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: Pickens on Herndon, Daily Worker, June 28, 1935
1935: Chain Gang Horrors to be Shown on Tour, Daily Worker, July 11, 1935
1935: Georgia’s Vicious Insurrection Law Comes Down From Cruel Slave Statutes of Civil War Days, Ben Davis, Jr., Daily Worker, July 29, 1935
1935: 20 Years on the Chain Gang?, Labor Defender, August 1935
1935: I Visit San Quentin Prison, Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, August 5, 1935
1935: Fear of Communism Haunts Southern Officials, Sasha Small, Daily Worker, August 14, 1935
1935: Georgia Officials Boast of Chain Gang Horrors which Await Herndon, Sasha Small, Daily Worker, August 15, 1935
1935: 'Better to be Dead in Hell than on the Chain-Gang', Sasha Small, Daily Worker, August 16, 1935
1935: Chain-Gang Like Death; Herndon Must Be Saved, Sasha Small, Daily Worker, August 17, 1935
1935: On Behalf of Angelo Herndon, Alfred Hirsch, New Masses, August 20, 1935
1935: Broad Unity Established in Fight for Herndon, Anna Damon, Daily Worker, August 31, 1935
1935: They Fight for Us. Angelo Herndon and Mother Bloor Must Have Our Support, Sasha Small, The Working Woman, September 1935
1935: How the Campaign for Angelo Herndon Can Be Broadened, Anna Damon, Daily Worker, September 3, 1935
1935: Horrors of Georgia Chain-Gang Vividly Portrayed in Pamphlet, [review of Hell in Georgia] John L. Spivak, Daily Worker, September 5, 1935
1935: Hell on Wheels, [traveling replica of Georgia Chain-Gang] Donald Burke, Daily Worker, September 10, 1935
1935: Barriers of Religwn, Politics, Race Are Torn Asunder As Hundreds of Thousands Sign 'Free Herndon' Petition, Elizabeth Lawson, Daily Worker, September 20, 1935
1935: Fate of Atlanta Six Bound Up with Angelo Herndon Decision, Mary Dalton, Daily Worker, October 10, 1935
1935: U.S, Supreme Court Sends Herndon to Georgia Chain Gang, Daily Worker, October 15, 1935
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: Act Now for Herndon
1935: Herndon Can Still Be Saved from Chain Gang! Action is Needed!, Anna Damon, Daily Worker, October 16, 1935
1935: Appeal Asks Mass Drive for Herndon , Daily Worker, October 17, 1935
1935: 'Wisdom, Justice and Moderation,' Motto of the State of Georgia, [review of Wisdom, Justice, Moderation: The Case of Angelo Herndon] Daily Worker, October 17, 1935
1935: Browder Asks Aid to Save Herndon, Earl Browder, Daily Worker, October 18, 1935
1935: Meetings and Petitions Speed Fight for Herndon, Daily Worker, October 18, 1935
1935: Greatest Fight to Free Herndon Has Begun, Cyril Briggs, Daily Worker, October 19, 1935
1935: Herndon Case Alarms Many at AFL Parley, Howard Rushmore, Daily Worker, October 19, 1935
1935: Union Square Herndon Rally Set for Monday. Young Negro to Speak on Eve of Departure for Chain Gang, Daily Worker, October 19, 1935
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: Act Today to Save Herndon fro Chain Gang! Daily Worker, October 21, 1935
1935: Reliance Placed in Mass Action by Marcantonio at Herndon Parley, Vito Marcantonio, Daily Worker, October 22, 1935
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: A Pledge to Angelo Herndon Daily Worker, October 22, 1935
1935: Leaders of Labor Aid Herndon Tonight Daily Worker, October 23, 1935
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: Herndon Must Be Saved!
1935: New Writ Planned to Rescue Herndon from Chain Gang, Daily Worker, October 24, 1935
1935: New Masses Editorial: "Ready to Give His Life -"
1935: Herndon Hopes for Freedom to Aid Working Class Fight, Daily Worker, November 1, 1935
1935: Herndon is Back in Atlanta, Joseph North
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: The Herndon Hearing
1935: 'Confident of Victory,' Herndon Says in Letter , Daily Worker, November 8, 1935
1935: The Governor Thinks Whip is Best, Joseph North, Daily Worker, November 9, 1935
1935: A Negro, A Prisoner, in the South... , Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, November 8, 1935
1935: Herndon Writ Plea is Reserved, Daily Worker, November 14, 1935
1935: That Demonstration in Atlanta. Herndon Tells Story of 'Crime' for Which States Asked Death, Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, November 15, 1935
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: Press Fight for Herndon
1935: Through the Terror in Atlanta Rises the Mighty Movement for Angelo Herndon's Freedom, Mary Mack, Daily Worker, November 19, 1935
1935: United Drive, Unequalled in Scope, Nets Million Signatures for Herndon, Anna Damon, Daily Worker, November 25, 1935
1935: Herndon Back, Gets Joyous Welcome. 3,000 at Penn R.R. Station Cheer Young Negro Hero on Release from Prison, Louis Budenz, Daily Worker, December 9, 1935
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: Herndon is Free!...'This Is a Victory for the United Front'
1935: Mass Defense Was Determining Factor in Fight to Free Herndon, Sasha Small, Daily Worker, December 9, 1935
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: Carry On the Fight, Daily Worker, December 10, 1935
1935: Herndon Freed, New Militant, December 14, 1935
1935: United Front Opens Herndon's Jail, Joseph North
1935: Long Fight Still Ahead to Win Full Freedom for Herndon, Anna Damon, Daily Worker, December 18, 1935
1936: Angelo Herndon: Symbol of Strength, [a song by Michael Quin and Lawrence Adamson], Daily Worker, January 29, 1936
1936: Youth Demands Peace!, Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, April 20, 1936
1936: Let Us Be United, Angelo Herndon, Champion of Youth, June 1936
1936: 'Free Angelo Herndon' Campaign Launched, Daily Worker, June 17, 1936
1936: Herndon Decision Challenges Labor's Right to Organize, Anna Damon, Daily Worker, June 25, 1936
1936: For Freedom's Cause, Angelo Herndon, Champion of Youth, July 1936
1936: Herndon Makes Plea for Unity of Youth, Sandor Voros, Daily Worker, July 7, 1936
1936: Hochman Heads Herndon Defense, Daily Worker, July 8, 1936
1936: elect HERNDON to albany, Angelo Herndon, Labor Defender, October 1936
1936: Herndon Wins Review by U.S. Supreme Court, Daily Worker, November 24, 1936
1936: Daily Worker Editorial: Herndon Decision Marks Victory for Civil Rights, Daily Worker, November 25, 1936
1936: Daily Worker Editorial: Victory for Herndon Means a Victory for Negro People, Daily Worker, November 30, 1936
1936: It's Herndon Day Over the Nation, Daily Worker, November 30, 1936
1937: We Have Them on the Run, Mary Mack, Labor Defender, January 1937
1937: An Appreciation [of Angelo Herndon], Chester A. Arthur, Jr., Labor Defender, February 1937
1937: Millions of Americans Have Spoken: They Demand Angelo Herndon Freed, Anna Damon, Daily Worker, February 5, 1937
1937: Herndon's Case Again Before Court, Ben Davis, Jr., Daily Worker, February 9, 1937
1937: Negro Youth of Southland Maps Its Fight for Rights, Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, February 18, 1937
1937: Labor Defender Editorial: Angelo Herndon vs. the Supreme Court, Labor Defender, March 1937
1937: "You Cannot Kill the Working Class", Angelo Herndon
1937: Let Me Live, Angelo Herndon
1937: Let My People Live, [review of Herndon's Let Me Live] James W. Ford, The Communist, April 1937
1937: Court Frees Angelo Herndon
1937: Herndon Free After Nearly Five Years, Sasha Small, Daily Worker, April 27, 1937
1937: Herndon Calls Ruling a Blow at Jim Crow, Daily Worker, April 27, 1937
1937: Daily Worker Editorial: The Herndon Victory, Daily Worker, April 27, 1937
1937: Herndon Tells Press How It Can Happen, Art Shields, Daily Worker, April 27, 1937
1937: First Herndon Lawyer Hails the Decision, Daily Worker, April 27, 1937
1937: Herndon Talks at Convention Rally Sunday, Daily Worker, April 27, 1937
1937: Herndon is Free!, Joseph North
1937: Communist Party is Legal, [on Herndon decision] William O'Neale, Southern Worker, May 15, 1937
1937: Congratulations [to the I.L.D.] on the Herndon Victory, five Congressmen and other leaders and activists, Labor Defender, June 1937
1937: Herndon Brands SP Negro Resolution As Slap in Face, Daily Worker, June 14, 1937
1937: "I am Free and I am Happy", Angelo Herndon Champion of Youth, Summer 1937
1937: Herndon Urges Protest on Invasion of Spain, Daily Worker, July 17, 1937
1937: World Youth Rallies to Aid Spanish People, Daily Worker, August 20, 1937
1937: Spanish Youth Appeals for Unity Against Onslaughts of Fascism, Daily Worker, August 21, 1937
1937: Unity of Communists, Socialists Asked by Spanish Youth Head, Daily Worker, August 23, 1937
1937: The Scottsboro Boys. Four Freed! Five to Go!, Angelo Herndon
1937: The Road to Liberation for the Negro People. An Appeal by Angelo Herndon et al
1937: The Shame of America, Angelo Herndon, Labor Defender, October 1937
1937: Roland Hayes Sings for Negro Youth Congress at Town Hall, Daily Worker, October 7, 1937
1937: Review of Henry Winston's Life Begins with Freedom, Daily Worker, December 6, 1937
1938: Anti-Negro Film Deleted After Protest. Herndon Leads Group of Y.C.L., Party in Condemning Picture, Daily Worker, May 19, 1938
1938: Herndon Labor Veteran at 25: To Speak at C.P. Convention, Beth McHenry, Daily Worker, May 20, 1938
1938: Scottsboro Drive Urged by Herndon, Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, June 21, 1938
1938: Herndon Greets Soviet Youth on 20th Anniversary of Young Communist League, Daily Worker, November 1, 1938
1938: Review of James Ford's The Negro in the Democratic Front, Angelo Herndon, Young Communist Review, November 1938
1939: Harlem Celebrates, [Joe Louis fight win] Daily Worker, June 30, 1939
1939: $10 Weekly Wages, $35 Rents Mark Conditions in Harlem , Daily Worker, July 10, 1939
1939: Old, Lonely Negro Woman is Denied Home Relief, Daily Worker, July 18, 1939
1939: WPA Hatchet-Men Leave Trail of Suicides in Harlem, Daily Worker, August 7, 1939
1939: Negro Rights Leader Assails Congress Tories Before Young Farmers, Daily Worker, August 9, 1939
1939: Theatre Artists Aided by Negro Actors Guild, Daily Worker, August 14, 1939
1939: Bronx Communists Answer Slanders of U.S. Munichmen, Daily Worker, August 26, 1939
1939: Carl Diton, Famous Negro Composer, Fights for Relief, Daily Worker, August 28, 1939
1939: Harlem Fear Grows of Chamberlain Trick, Daily Worker, September 8, 1939
1939: Rickety, Disease Ridden - A Picture of Harlem Housing, Daily Worker, September 20, 1939
1939: Harlem Tenants Start Sharp Drive Against Rents, Bad Housing, Daily Worker, September 22, 1939
1939: U.S. Spends a Mere $185,000 in Puerto Rico for Housing, Daily Worker, November 6, 1939
1939: A Few Comments on the Passing of [U.S. Supreme Court] Justice Butler, Daily Worker, November 17, 1939
1939: Thousands Mourn at Olgin's Bier; Party and Labor Leaders Wire Grief, Daily Worker, November 24, 1939
1939: Browder, Ford, Amter to Speak at Olgin Funeral 9:00 A.M. Sunday, Daily Worker, November 25, 1939
1939: Harlem Finns Pack Hall, Cheer People's Government, Daily Worker, December 11, 1939
1939: Harlem Negro Leaders Slam 'Gone with the Wind', Daily Worker, December 27, 1939
1939: Daughter of Dixie Planter 'Advised' Gone with the Wind Producers, Daily Worker, December 28, 1939