- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Angelo Herndon case
- Creator:
- Hatfield, Edward A.
- Date of Original:
- 2009-08-14
- Subject:
- Communists--Georgia
African American communists--Georgia
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia - People:
- Herndon, Angelo, 1913-1997
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Angelo Herndon case. An African American member of the Communist Party, Angelo Herndon won national and international fame as a symbol of political justice after his arrest and subsequent conviction by Fulton County authorities on charges of attempting to incite insurrection in July 1932. Herndon's case traveled a circular route through Georgia's judicial system, appearing twice before the U.S. Supreme Court, which ultimately granted Herndon his freedom in April 1937.
GSE identifier: SS8H8, SS8H8 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/angelo-herndon-case/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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