20 Years on the Chain Gang: Angelo Herndon Must Go Free!

Elizabeth Lawson; (Angelo Herndon)

Verlag: New York: International Labor Defense, 1935

Beschreibung

12mo., printed pictorial wrappers, stapled, 16 pages; slightly soiled with unobtrusive fold-line. First edition, first printing (May). --- An African-American labor organizer, Herndon arrested and convicted of insurrection after attempting to organize Black and white industrial workers in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1932. The prosecution case rested heavily on Herndon's possession of "communist literature." Herndon was defended by the International Labor Defense, the legal arm of the Communist Party of America. Over a 5-year period, Herndon's case twice reached the United States Supreme Court, which ruled that Georgia's insurrection law was unconstitutional, as it violated First Amendment rights of free speech and assembly. He was freed in 1935. A fragile publication of a cause célèbre that drew international outrage. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1702221390268

Bibliografische Details

Titel: 20 Years on the Chain Gang: Angelo Herndon ...

Verlag: New York: International Labor Defense

Erscheinungsdatum: 1935

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition