- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Benjamin J. Davis Jr.
- Publisher:
- Herndon, Angelo. Let me live. New York: Random House, 1937.
- Date of Original:
- 1932/1937
- Subject:
- Lawyers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American lawyers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American men--Georgia--Atlanta
International Labor Defense
Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
Communists--Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta - People:
- Davis, Benjamin J. (Benjamin Jefferson), 1903-1964
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Benjamin J. Davis Jr., along with John H. Geer, served as the attorney contracted by the International Labor Defense party to defend Angelo Herndon. Herndon, arrested as a Communist insurrectionist in 1932, was acquitted in 1937.
Photograph of Benjamin J. Davis, Jr. He wears a suit and faces forward.
Davis, along with John H. Geer, served as the attorney contracted by the International Labor Defense party to defend Angelo Herndon. Herndon, arrested as a Communist insurrectionist in 1932, was acquitted in 1937. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/angelo-herndon-case/m-11016/
- Rights Holder:
- From Let Me Live, by Angelo Herndon
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/angelo-herndon-case
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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