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'''Angelo Braxton Herndon''' (born [[May 6]], [[1913]] in Wyoming, Ohio; died [[December 9]], [[1997]] in Sweet Home, Arkansas) was a labor organizer and Communist political activist who was convicted of insurrection in Atlanta, Georgia in [[1932]]. | '''Eugene Angelo Braxton Herndon''' (born [[May 6]], [[1913]] in Wyoming, Ohio; died [[December 9]], [[1997]] in Sweet Home, Arkansas) was a labor organizer and Communist political activist who was convicted of insurrection in Atlanta, Georgia in [[1932]]. | ||
Angelo was the son of Paul Herndon, a miner who had moved with his wife, Hattie, to Ohio from Alabama. After his father's death, Herndon left home at age 13 to work as at the mines in Lexington, Kentucky. Five years later he continued to the [[Birmingham District]], where he was employed by the [[Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company]] in [[Docena]]. He attended a downtown rally held by the [[Unemployed Council]] and reacted strongly to a placating speech given by [[Oscar Adams]]. | |||
<!--Born into a poor family, Angelo Herndon endured [[racist|racial]] [[discrimination]]. Herndon received a copy of the ''[[Communist Manifesto]]'' from a white worker in the [[Unemployed Councils]], a group affiliated with the [[Communist Party]], which led him to get involved with social issues and multiracial organizing. | <!--Born into a poor family, Angelo Herndon endured [[racist|racial]] [[discrimination]]. Herndon received a copy of the ''[[Communist Manifesto]]'' from a white worker in the [[Unemployed Councils]], a group affiliated with the [[Communist Party]], which led him to get involved with social issues and multiracial organizing. | ||
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Revision as of 17:06, 1 July 2015
Eugene Angelo Braxton Herndon (born May 6, 1913 in Wyoming, Ohio; died December 9, 1997 in Sweet Home, Arkansas) was a labor organizer and Communist political activist who was convicted of insurrection in Atlanta, Georgia in 1932.
Angelo was the son of Paul Herndon, a miner who had moved with his wife, Hattie, to Ohio from Alabama. After his father's death, Herndon left home at age 13 to work as at the mines in Lexington, Kentucky. Five years later he continued to the Birmingham District, where he was employed by the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company in Docena. He attended a downtown rally held by the Unemployed Council and reacted strongly to a placating speech given by Oscar Adams.