1932–1937
Political repressionBook sources
Angelo Herndon prosecution
Georgia; Black labor organizer and interracial organizing
Herndon’s Communist and unemployed-worker organizing led to prosecution under Georgia’s insurrection law. The Supreme Court later overturned the conviction, illustrating how labor and racial repression could operate together.
Dates preserve the source’s precision. This entry is part of a selected historical record; its qualifications and sources are retained below.
Context / qualification
The transcript occasionally misrecognizes Herndon’s name; distinguish arrest from conviction and appeal dates.
Sources
- Howard Zinn, The Twentieth Century: A People’s History, H00 at 00:17:29 (approximate; supplied recording)
- Howard Zinn, The Twentieth Century: A People’s History, H00 at 00:18:26 (approximate; supplied recording)
- Howard Zinn, The Twentieth Century: A People’s History, H00 at 00:19:37 (approximate; supplied recording)