Eugene Angelo Braxton Herndon
1913 - 1997
Angelo Braxton Herndon was born into a poor family in southwestern Ohio. Radicalized by discrimination and his reading of Marxist literature, he joined the Communist Party, USA in 1930. Herndon went to Atlanta, Georgia in the fall of 1931 as an organizer for the CP’s Unemployment Councils. After leading a successful integrated meeting demanding unemployment relief Herndon was arrested under Georgia’s Insurrection Act, tried and sentenced to 20 years on the chain gang.
The campaign for his freedom became a major cause for the Party, along with that of the Scottsboro boys. Twice, his case reached the US Supreme Court on appeal. On April 26, 1937, a narrow five-to-four majority of the Court ruled in Herndon's favor, striking down Georgia's insurrection statute as unconstitutional, as a violation the First Amendment.
Herndon became an important Party activist in the later 1930s, being elected vice-president of the Young Communist League and running as a candidate for the New York State Assembly. In 1939, shortly before the signing of the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, Herndon joined the staff of the Daily Worker. The Party’s return to militant, more radical policies as a result of the Pact suited Herndon’s own activism and he wrote articles for the paper highlighting Black oppression and resistance. But with the German invasion of the USSR in 1941, the CP demanded the effective abandonment of anti-racist action in the interest of “winning the war.” Herndon disagreed with this approach and as a result, like other Black Party militants, including Cyril Briggs and Richard B. Moore, he was expelled from the Party for “Negro nationalism.”
Background Materials:
Rouge et Noir Reread: A Popular Constitutional History of the Angelo Herndon Case, Kendall Thomas
"An Insinuating Voice". Angelo Herndon and the Invisible Genesis of the Radical Prison Slave's Neo-Slave Narrative, Dennis Childs
The War and Civil Rights: The Negro Quarterly, 1942-1943, Christopher Z. Hobson
Legal Materials:
The Fulton County, Georgia Grand Jury Indictment of Angelo Herndon [from Let Me Live]
Summary for Angelo Herndon before the Fulton County Petit Jury, January 1933, Ben Davis, Jr., [from Let Me Live]
Angelo Herndon's speech to the Jury, January 1933 [from Let Me Live]
Opinion of the Supreme Court of Georgia in the case of Angelo Herndon [from Let Me Live]
Decision [First] of the United States Supreme Court in the Case of Angelo Herndon, May 1935, [from Let Me Live]
Victory. Decision of the United States Supreme Court in the Case of Angelo Herndon, April 1937, [Full Text]
Herndon's Writings and Articles about His Case:
1932: The original leaflet that led to Angelo Herndon's arrest [from Let Me Live]
1932: Seize Negro Worker, Daily Worker, July 15, 1932
1932: An Interview with Angelo Herndon in Atlanta Jail, William L. Patterson, Daily Worker, October 5, 1932
1932: I.L.D. Starts Habeus Corpus Proceedings in Herndon Case, Daily Worker, December 1, 1932
1932: Herndon Death Trial Up Today, Daily Worker, December 15, 1932
1932: Win Release of Angelo Herndon on Lower Bail, Daily Worker, December 26, 1932
1933: Send Negro Organizer to Death on Chain Gang, R. H. Hart, Daily Worker, January 20, 1933
1933: Daily Worker Editorial: Smash the Southern Slave-Code!, Daily Worker, January 21, 1933
1933: Mrs. Montgomery Hits Chain Gang. Herndon Verdict Hits at Negro People, Daily Worker, January 23, 1933
1933: "Smash the Chain Gang System!" Appeals Latest Victim. Angelo Herndon in Georgia Jail Sends Message, Daily Worker, January 26, 1933
1933: Next Steps in the Herndon Fight, Andrew Overgaard, Daily Worker, January 30, 1933
1933: Herndon Verdict Is Part of Boss Hunger Drive, Young Worker, February 1, 1933
1933: The Political Significance of the Herndon Case, Otto Hall, Daily Worker, February 4, 1933
1933: Refuse Bail for Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, February 6, 1933
1933: Herndon New Appeal from Death Cell, Daily Worker, February 7, 1933
1933: Daily Worker Editorial: What of a "Negro" Newspaper that Helps White Ruling Class Lynchers?, Daily Worker, February 7, 1933
1933: Georgia Bosses Hand Out a "Lenient Sentence", Ann Burlak, Daily Worker, February 8, 1933
1933: Seek Freedom for Angelo Herndon, The Militant, February 13, 1933
1933: Angelo Herndon Framed Up, Thrown into Solitary Cell
1933: Building a Mass Movement to Win Freedom for Angelo Herndon, Syd Benson, Daily Worker, March 21, 1933
1933: Use Fake 'Electric Chair' to Third Degree Herndon, Sender Garlin, Daily Worker, May 6, 1933
1933: "Mass Fight is Way to Win," Says Herndon, Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, May 6, 1933
1933: A Letter from Herndon, Young Worker, May 24, 1933
1933: On the Struggle to Release A. Herndon from Chain Gang, Allen Johnson, Daily Worker, June 8, 1933
1933: Bail for Herndon is Refused by Atlanta Judge Who Tried Him, Daily Worker, June 27, 1933
1933: A Call to Fight Fascism from Angelo Herndon, Labor Defender, July 1933
1933: New Trial for Herndon Denied, Daily Worker, July 7, 1933
1933: A Letter from Angelo Herndon, Labor Defender, December 1933
1934: In Memory of Harry Simms, Angelo Herndon, Labor Defender, February 1934
1934: A Letter from Angelo Herndon, [in Sender Garlin's Change the World! column] Daily Worker, March 13, 1934
1934: Angelo Herndon - A Leader of the Unemployed - Tells his Own Story, Part I; Part II, Labor Defender, April and May 1934
1934: Body Wracked, Head Unbowed, Angelo Herndon Asks News of Workers' Struggles and Soviet Union, Myra Page
1934: Will We Allow Lynch Justice to Kill Our Brave Comrade Angelo Herndon?, Myra Page
1934: Angelo Herndon's Own Story of Treatment in Fulton Jail, Part I; Part II, Daily Worker, June 26 and 27, 1934
1934: Georgia Officials Ape Hitler Terror, Don West, Labor Defender, July 1934
1934: Amter Asks Speed to Raise Bail of $15,000 for Herndon
1934: To Free Angelo Herndon, New Masses, July 24, 1934
1934: Southern White Woman Pleads for Loans for Herndon Bail Fund, Grace Lumpkin, Daily Worker, July 25, 1934
1934: Only 24 Hours Left to Save Herndon. Davis Calls Fight for Herndon a Fight on Fascist Terrorism, Ben Davis, Jr., Daily Worker, August 1, 1934
1934: Herndon Leaves Prison. Mass Demonstration to Greet Heroic Negro Out Under $15,000 Bail, Daily Worker, August 6, 1934
1934: Masses to Greet Herndon At Penna. Terminal Today. Workers' Organizations Led by Browder, I.L.D. to Meet Heroic Negro, Daily Worker, August 7, 1934
1934: Thousands Hail Herndon, Daily Worker, August 8, 1934
1934: Greetings by Herndon to Toilers!, Daily Worker, August 8, 1934
1934: 10,000 Cheering Negro and White Workers Take Over Terminal as Herndon Arrives , Edwin Rolfe, Daily Worker, August 9, 1934
1934: Herndon, Ravaged by Torture, Fights On , Cyril Briggs, Daily Worker, August 9, 1934
1934: Harlem Throng Greets Herndon as Symbol of Revolutionary Unity of Black and White, Cyril Briggs, Daily Worker, August 17, 1934
1934: 14,000 at Sacco-Vanzetti Memorial Pledge to Free Herndon and 9 Boys, Cyril Briggs, Daily Worker, August 24, 1934
1934: George Schuyler Does His Bit to Aid Lynchers, Cyril Briggs, Daily Worker, August 27, 1934
1934: A Hero and a Judas Confront Each Other: Herndon vs. Schuyler , Cyril Briggs, Daily Worker, September 8, 1934
1934: Angelo Herndon Leaves Prison on $15,000 Bail Raised by I.L.D., Southern Worker, September 1934
1934: Labor Defender Editorial: Herndon Must Stay Free!, Labor Defender, September 1934
1934: Angelo Herndon Urges Build Mass Paper!, Southern Worker, October 1934
1934: I Know the Might of Mass Protest, Angelo Herndon, Labor Defender, November 1934
1935: "I Have No Illusions": An Interview with Tom Mooney, Angelo Herndon, Labor Defender, January 1935
1935: World-Wide Class Struggle Pictured in Labor Defender, Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, March 7, 1935
1935: Climax Nears in Herndon 'Insurrection' Case, Benjamin J. Davis, Jr., Daily Worker, March 29, 1935
1935: Scottsboro Reversal Points Road to Herndon Victory, Anna Damon
1935: Georgia Prosecutor Quotes Hearst in Attack on Herndon. Presses Fight to Send Negro to Chain Gang, Louis Colman
1935: Nine Old Men Thumbing Law Books Sit in Judgment on Herndon Case, Sasha Small, Daily Worker, April 16, 1935
1935: Masses Can Smash Slave Laws, Herndon Says, Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, April 20, 1935
1935: Negro Masses Need Leader Like Herndon, James W. Ford, Daily Worker, May 8, 1935
1935: U.S. [Supreme] Court Rules Against Herndon
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: Herndon Must Be Saved!
1935: Shall Angelo Herndon Go to His Death on the Georgia Chain Gang?, Anna Damon, Daily Worker, May 28, 1935
1935: [Norman] Thomas to Seek Nation-Wide Socialist Support for Herndon, Daily Worker, May 29, 1935
1935: 20 Years on the Chain Gang? Angelo Herndon Must Go Free!, Elizabeth Lawson
1935: Must Angelo Herndon Die?, Ann Burlak, [review of 20 Years on the Chain Gang?] Daily Worker, May 30, 1935
1935: YCL Asks Unity to Aid Herndon, Daily Worker, June 4, 1935
1935: A Southern Reformatory for Negro Boys, Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, June 8, 1935
1935: Stay is Won in Sentence of Herndon, Daily Worker, June 13, 1935
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: The Herndon Stay, Daily Worker, June 15, 1935
1935: Goal of 2,000,000 Names Set by I.L.D. Petition Drive Demanding Herndon's Release, Daily Worker, June 19, 1935
1935: Herndon Urges United Fight in Talk at NAACP Convention, Daily Worker, June 28, 1935
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: Pickens on Herndon, Daily Worker, June 28, 1935
1935: Chain Gang Horrors to be Shown on Tour, Daily Worker, July 11, 1935
1935: Georgia’s Vicious Insurrection Law Comes Down From Cruel Slave Statutes of Civil War Days, Ben Davis, Jr., Daily Worker, July 29, 1935
1935: 20 Years on the Chain Gang?, Labor Defender, August 1935
1935: I Visit San Quentin Prison, Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, August 5, 1935
1935: Fear of Communism Haunts Southern Officials, Sasha Small, Daily Worker, August 14, 1935
1935: Georgia Officials Boast of Chain Gang Horrors which Await Herndon, Sasha Small, Daily Worker, August 15, 1935
1935: 'Better to be Dead in Hell than on the Chain-Gang', Sasha Small, Daily Worker, August 16, 1935
1935: Chain-Gang Like Death; Herndon Must Be Saved, Sasha Small, Daily Worker, August 17, 1935
1935: On Behalf of Angelo Herndon, Alfred Hirsch, New Masses, August 20, 1935
1935: Broad Unity Established in Fight for Herndon, Anna Damon, Daily Worker, August 31, 1935
1935: They Fight for Us. Angelo Herndon and Mother Bloor Must Have Our Support, Sasha Small, The Working Woman, September 1935
1935: How the Campaign for Angelo Herndon Can Be Broadened, Anna Damon, Daily Worker, September 3, 1935
1935: Horrors of Georgia Chain-Gang Vividly Portrayed in Pamphlet, [review of Hell in Georgia] John L. Spivak, Daily Worker, September 5, 1935
1935: Hell on Wheels, [traveling replica of Georgia Chain-Gang] Donald Burke, Daily Worker, September 10, 1935
1935: Barriers of Religwn, Politics, Race Are Torn Asunder As Hundreds of Thousands Sign 'Free Herndon' Petition, Elizabeth Lawson, Daily Worker, September 20, 1935
1935: Fate of Atlanta Six Bound Up with Angelo Herndon Decision, Mary Dalton, Daily Worker, October 10, 1935
1935: U.S, Supreme Court Sends Herndon to Georgia Chain Gang, Daily Worker, October 15, 1935
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: Act Now for Herndon
1935: Herndon Can Still Be Saved from Chain Gang! Action is Needed!, Anna Damon, Daily Worker, October 16, 1935
1935: Appeal Asks Mass Drive for Herndon , Daily Worker, October 17, 1935
1935: 'Wisdom, Justice and Moderation,' Motto of the State of Georgia, [review of Wisdom, Justice, Moderation: The Case of Angelo Herndon] Daily Worker, October 17, 1935
1935: Browder Asks Aid to Save Herndon, Earl Browder, Daily Worker, October 18, 1935
1935: Meetings and Petitions Speed Fight for Herndon, Daily Worker, October 18, 1935
1935: Greatest Fight to Free Herndon Has Begun, Cyril Briggs, Daily Worker, October 19, 1935
1935: Herndon Case Alarms Many at AFL Parley, Howard Rushmore, Daily Worker, October 19, 1935
1935: Union Square Herndon Rally Set for Monday. Young Negro to Speak on Eve of Departure for Chain Gang, Daily Worker, October 19, 1935
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: Act Today to Save Herndon fro Chain Gang! Daily Worker, October 21, 1935
1935: Reliance Placed in Mass Action by Marcantonio at Herndon Parley, Vito Marcantonio, Daily Worker, October 22, 1935
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: A Pledge to Angelo Herndon Daily Worker, October 22, 1935
1935: Leaders of Labor Aid Herndon Tonight Daily Worker, October 23, 1935
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: Herndon Must Be Saved!
1935: New Writ Planned to Rescue Herndon from Chain Gang, Daily Worker, October 24, 1935
1935: New Masses Editorial: "Ready to Give His Life -"
1935: Herndon Hopes for Freedom to Aid Working Class Fight, Daily Worker, November 1, 1935
1935: Herndon is Back in Atlanta, Joseph North
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: The Herndon Hearing
1935: 'Confident of Victory,' Herndon Says in Letter , Daily Worker, November 8, 1935
1935: The Governor Thinks Whip is Best, Joseph North, Daily Worker, November 9, 1935
1935: A Negro, A Prisoner, in the South... , Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, November 8, 1935
1935: Herndon Writ Plea is Reserved, Daily Worker, November 14, 1935
1935: That Demonstration in Atlanta. Herndon Tells Story of 'Crime' for Which States Asked Death, Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, November 15, 1935
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: Press Fight for Herndon
1935: Through the Terror in Atlanta Rises the Mighty Movement for Angelo Herndon's Freedom, Mary Mack, Daily Worker, November 19, 1935
1935: United Drive, Unequalled in Scope, Nets Million Signatures for Herndon, Anna Damon, Daily Worker, November 25, 1935
1935: Herndon Back, Gets Joyous Welcome. 3,000 at Penn R.R. Station Cheer Young Negro Hero on Release from Prison, Louis Budenz, Daily Worker, December 9, 1935
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: Herndon is Free!...'This Is a Victory for the United Front'
1935: Mass Defense Was Determining Factor in Fight to Free Herndon, Sasha Small, Daily Worker, December 9, 1935
1935: Daily Worker Editorial: Carry On the Fight, Daily Worker, December 10, 1935
1935: Herndon Freed, New Militant, December 14, 1935
1935: United Front Opens Herndon's Jail, Joseph North
1935: Long Fight Still Ahead to Win Full Freedom for Herndon, Anna Damon, Daily Worker, December 18, 1935
1936: Angelo Herndon: Symbol of Strength, [a song by Michael Quin and Lawrence Adamson], Daily Worker, January 29, 1936
1936: Youth Demands Peace!, Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, April 20, 1936
1936: Let Us Be United, Angelo Herndon, Champion of Youth, June 1936
1936: 'Free Angelo Herndon' Campaign Launched, Daily Worker, June 17, 1936
1936: Herndon Decision Challenges Labor's Right to Organize, Anna Damon, Daily Worker, June 25, 1936
1936: For Freedom's Cause, Angelo Herndon, Champion of Youth, July 1936
1936: Herndon Makes Plea for Unity of Youth, Sandor Voros, Daily Worker, July 7, 1936
1936: Hochman Heads Herndon Defense, Daily Worker, July 8, 1936
1936: elect HERNDON to albany, Angelo Herndon, Labor Defender, October 1936
1936: Herndon Wins Review by U.S. Supreme Court, Daily Worker, November 24, 1936
1936: Daily Worker Editorial: Herndon Decision Marks Victory for Civil Rights, Daily Worker, November 25, 1936
1936: Daily Worker Editorial: Victory for Herndon Means a Victory for Negro People, Daily Worker, November 30, 1936
1936: It's Herndon Day Over the Nation, Daily Worker, November 30, 1936
1937: We Have Them on the Run, Mary Mack, Labor Defender, January 1937
1937: An Appreciation [of Angelo Herndon], Chester A. Arthur, Jr., Labor Defender, February 1937
1937: Millions of Americans Have Spoken: They Demand Angelo Herndon Freed, Anna Damon, Daily Worker, February 5, 1937
1937: Herndon's Case Again Before Court, Ben Davis, Jr., Daily Worker, February 9, 1937
1937: Negro Youth of Southland Maps Its Fight for Rights, Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, February 18, 1937
1937: Labor Defender Editorial: Angelo Herndon vs. the Supreme Court, Labor Defender, March 1937
1937: "You Cannot Kill the Working Class", Angelo Herndon
1937: Let Me Live, Angelo Herndon
1937: Let My People Live, [review of Herndon's Let Me Live] James W. Ford, The Communist, April 1937
1937: Court Frees Angelo Herndon
1937: Herndon Free After Nearly Five Years, Sasha Small, Daily Worker, April 27, 1937
1937: Herndon Calls Ruling a Blow at Jim Crow, Daily Worker, April 27, 1937
1937: Daily Worker Editorial: The Herndon Victory, Daily Worker, April 27, 1937
1937: Herndon Tells Press How It Can Happen, Art Shields, Daily Worker, April 27, 1937
1937: First Herndon Lawyer Hails the Decision, Daily Worker, April 27, 1937
1937: Herndon Talks at Convention Rally Sunday, Daily Worker, April 27, 1937
1937: Herndon is Free!, Joseph North
1937: Communist Party is Legal, [on Herndon decision] William O'Neale, Southern Worker, May 15, 1937
1937: Congratulations [to the I.L.D.] on the Herndon Victory, five Congressmen and other leaders and activists, Labor Defender, June 1937
1937: Herndon Brands SP Negro Resolution As Slap in Face, Daily Worker, June 14, 1937
1937: "I am Free and I am Happy", Angelo Herndon Champion of Youth, Summer 1937
1937: Herndon Urges Protest on Invasion of Spain, Daily Worker, July 17, 1937
1937: World Youth Rallies to Aid Spanish People, Daily Worker, August 20, 1937
1937: Spanish Youth Appeals for Unity Against Onslaughts of Fascism, Daily Worker, August 21, 1937
1937: Unity of Communists, Socialists Asked by Spanish Youth Head, Daily Worker, August 23, 1937
1937: The Scottsboro Boys. Four Freed! Five to Go!, Angelo Herndon
1937: The Road to Liberation for the Negro People. An Appeal by Angelo Herndon et al
1937: The Shame of America, Angelo Herndon, Labor Defender, October 1937
1937: Roland Hayes Sings for Negro Youth Congress at Town Hall, Daily Worker, October 7, 1937
1937: Review of Henry Winston's Life Begins with Freedom, Daily Worker, December 6, 1937
1938: Anti-Negro Film Deleted After Protest. Herndon Leads Group of Y.C.L., Party in Condemning Picture, Daily Worker, May 19, 1938
1938: Herndon Labor Veteran at 25: To Speak at C.P. Convention, Beth McHenry, Daily Worker, May 20, 1938
1938: Scottsboro Drive Urged by Herndon, Angelo Herndon, Daily Worker, June 21, 1938
1938: Herndon Greets Soviet Youth on 20th Anniversary of Young Communist League, Daily Worker, November 1, 1938
1938: Review of James Ford's The Negro in the Democratic Front, Angelo Herndon, Young Communist Review, November 1938
1939: Harlem Celebrates, [Joe Louis fight win] Daily Worker, June 30, 1939
1939: $10 Weekly Wages, $35 Rents Mark Conditions in Harlem , Daily Worker, July 10, 1939
1939: Old, Lonely Negro Woman is Denied Home Relief, Daily Worker, July 18, 1939
1939: WPA Hatchet-Men Leave Trail of Suicides in Harlem, Daily Worker, August 7, 1939
1939: Negro Rights Leader Assails Congress Tories Before Young Farmers, Daily Worker, August 9, 1939
1939: Theatre Artists Aided by Negro Actors Guild, Daily Worker, August 14, 1939
1939: Bronx Communists Answer Slanders of U.S. Munichmen, Daily Worker, August 26, 1939
1939: Carl Diton, Famous Negro Composer, Fights for Relief, Daily Worker, August 28, 1939
1939: Harlem Fear Grows of Chamberlain Trick, Daily Worker, September 8, 1939
1939: Rickety, Disease Ridden - A Picture of Harlem Housing, Daily Worker, September 20, 1939
1939: Harlem Tenants Start Sharp Drive Against Rents, Bad Housing, Daily Worker, September 22, 1939
1939: U.S. Spends a Mere $185,000 in Puerto Rico for Housing, Daily Worker, November 6, 1939
1939: A Few Comments on the Passing of [U.S. Supreme Court] Justice Butler, Daily Worker, November 17, 1939
1939: Thousands Mourn at Olgin's Bier; Party and Labor Leaders Wire Grief, Daily Worker, November 24, 1939
1939: Browder, Ford, Amter to Speak at Olgin Funeral 9:00 A.M. Sunday, Daily Worker, November 25, 1939
1939: Harlem Finns Pack Hall, Cheer People's Government, Daily Worker, December 11, 1939
1939: Harlem Negro Leaders Slam 'Gone with the Wind', Daily Worker, December 27, 1939
1939: Daughter of Dixie Planter 'Advised' Gone with the Wind Producers, Daily Worker, December 28, 1939
1940: Harlem C.P. Set to Launch Housing Project Drive, Daily Worker, January 6, 1940
1940: Elect Browder in 14th Cong. Dist.!, Daily Worker, January 23, 1940
1940: Woman Leader in India Flays Britain's War, Daily Worker, January 29, 1940
1940: Defense Wins Point in Williams Case, Daily Worker, January 30, 1940
1940: Negro Papers Ask Democracy Here - Oppose War Loans, Daily Worker, February 5, 1940
1940: Negro History Week in Newark Hears Address by Angelo Herndon, George Norman, Daily Worker, February 21, 1940
1940: Vital Chapter in History of Negro People, [on publication of Frederick Douglass oration] Daily Worker, April 15, 1940
1940: Peace, Democracy Set as Twin Goals for Negro Youth, [on Southern Negro Youth Congress conference] Daily Worker, April 20, 1940
1940: Lewis' Call for Progressive Unity Backed by Negro Youth, [on Southern Negro Youth Congress conference] Daily Worker, April 23, 1940
1940: To Angelo Herndon. A Poem by Walter Lowenfels, Daily Worker, April 27, 1940
1940: Italian and Seamen's Branches Gird for Recruiting Competition. Branches Spur Activity on Eve of 11th CP Convention, Daily Worker, May 10, 1940
1940: Jews, Ukranians Here Elated Over Red Army's Drive Bringing Freedom, Daily Worker, July 2, 1940
1940: Chicago Negro Exposition Marks 75 Years of Struggle and Progress of an Oppressed People Seeking Freedom, Daily Worker, July 5, 1940
1940: Southern Lynchers Write 'Finale' to Horror Story, Daily Worker, July 9, 1940
1940: A Nursery Could Have Kept This Harlem Baby Alive, Daily Worker, July 15, 1940
1940: Negro People's Achievements Break Through Limitation of [NY World's] Fair Program, Daily Worker, July 25, 1940
1940: 72nd Anniversary of 14th Amendment Adoption Points Need of Unity to Get Franchise in South, Daily Worker, July 29, 1940
1940: Drowning of 2 Negro Boys Due to Lack of Swimming Pools, Daily Worker, August 3, 1940
1940: Negroes Here Oppose Conscription Bill as Threat to Entire Race; They Remember the 1918 Jim Crow, Daily Worker, August 4, 1940
1941: Appeal for Funds Now to Reverse Reginald Thomas Frameup Decision, Daily Worker, September 19, 1941
1942: Angelo Herndon Edits New Negro Quarterly, Beth McHenry, Daily Worker, March 9, 1942
1944: Angelo Herndon Not C.P. Member, Daily Worker, July 25, 1944