Eugene Angelo Braxton Herndon (1913 - 1997)

Born 6 May 1913 in Wyoming, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

Died 9 Dec 1997 at age 84 in Sweet Home, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Angelo Herndon is Notable.

Angelo Herndon is a part of US Black heritage.

Angelo Braxton Herndon was an African-American labor organizer arrested and convicted of insurrection after attempting to organize black and white industrial workers in 1932 in Atlanta, Georgia at age 19.

Angelo Braxton Herndon was born on 6 May 1913, the son of Harriet (Hattie) and Paul Herndon.^[1]

In 1938 he was referenced in the poem "Kids Who Die" by Langston Hughes.^[2]

In the 1940 census he was 27 years old and living in New York City with his wife Joyce (age 25) and working as a newspaper reporter.^[3]

He died on 9 December 1997 in Sweet Home, Pulaski County, Arkansas.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ You Cannot Kill the Working Class by Angelo Herndon. Internet Archive Link.
2. ↑ Kids Who Die by Langston Hughes, published 1938. AllPoetry.com Link.
3. ↑ 1940 Census - "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQTX-NWG : Tue Nov 28 14:13:51 UTC 2023), Entry for Angelo Herndon and Joyce Herndon, 1940.
4. ↑ Find a Grave - database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235972664/eugene_angelo-braxton-herndon: accessed 03 December 2023), memorial page for Eugene Angelo Braxton Herndon (6 May 1913–9 Dec 1997), Find a Grave Memorial ID 235972664; Cremated, Burial details are currently unknown; Maintained by n2it (contributor 49249641).

• Angelo Herndon - Wikipedia - Wikipedia Entry for Angelo Herndon.

• Let Me Live by Angelo Herndon, Random House (New York) 1937. Link to Book.

• Angelo Herndon Addresses His Jury - Link to Text.

• US Supreme Court Decision - Victory : decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Angelo Herndon, April 1937 : full text of the majority decision setting aside the verdict in the Herndon case, by Justice Roberts : with the dissenting opinion of the minority, by Justice Van Devanter : with an introduction by Anna Damon. Link to Article.

• Black Red Freed - TIME Magazine, 3 May 1937. Wayback Machine: Time Magazine.

• Angelo Herndon Comes Back From Georgia - Wayback Machine Link.