United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981932/1937Benjamin J. Davis Jr., along with John H. Geer, served as the attorney contracted by the International Labor Defense party to defend Angelo Herndon. Herndon, arrested as a Communist insurrectionist in 1932, was acquitted in 1937.Photograph of Benjamin J. Davis, Jr. He wears a suit and faces forward.Davis, along with John H. Geer, served as the attorney contracted by the International Labor Defense party to defend Angelo Herndon. Herndon, arrested as a Communist insurrectionist in 1932, was acquitted in 1937.image/jpegHerndon, Angelo. Let me live. New York: Random House, 1937.http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/angelo-herndon-caseForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/angelo-herndon-caseForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaLawyers--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American lawyers--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American men--Georgia--AtlantaInternational Labor DefenseCivil rights--Georgia--AtlantaCommunists--Civil rights--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--AtlantaBenjamin J. Davis Jr.StillImage