- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Let Me Live
- Publisher:
- Herndon, Angelo. Let me live. New York: Random House, 1937.
- Date of Original:
- 1937
- Subject:
- Books--United States
African American men
Handcuffs
Captivity narratives--United States
African American communists
Autobiography--United States
Herndon, Angelo, 1913-1997. Let me live - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- covers (gathered matter components)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Angelo Herndon, arrested in 1932 as a Communist insurrectionist while organizing workers in Atlanta, spent five years in the Georgia penal system before the U.S. Supreme Court granted his freedom in 1937. Herndon chronicled his experiences in Let Me Live, which was published by Random House in 1937.
Image of the cover of the book Let Me Live, written by Angelo Herndon. The cover depicts a shirtless African American man whose hands are restrained above his head by handcuffs. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/communists/m-11014/
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/communists
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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