- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Don West
- Publisher:
- West, Don. In a land of plenty. Minneapolis, Minn.: West End Press, 1982.
- Date of Original:
- 1906/1992
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers--Georgia
Clergy--Georgia
Teachers--Georgia
Educators--Georgia
Political activists--Georgia
Socialists--Georgia
Poets, American--Georgia
Authors, American---Georgia - People:
- West, Don, 1906-1992
- Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Georgia native and poet Don West briefly headed the Provisional Committee for the Defense of Angelo Herndon, an organization dedicated to exonerating Herndon, who was arrested as a Communist insurrectionist in Atlanta in 1932.
Photograph of Don West. He wears overalls, a plaid shirt, and a straw hat. He faces forward.
An educator, activist, preacher, and poet, West worked throughout his life for social justice and the preservation of mountain culture. West briefly headed the Provisional Committee for the Defense of Angelo Herndon, an organization dedicated to exonerating Herndon, who was arrested as a Communist insurrectionist in Atlanta in 1932. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/communists/m-7788/
- Rights Holder:
- From In a Land of Plenty, by Don West
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/communists
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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