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Georgetown Law: In New Book, Professor Brad Snyder Illuminates Overlooked History of Landmark Civil Liberties Case
April 11, 2025
WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Georgetown University Law Center issued the following news:

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In New Book, Professor Brad Snyder Illuminates Overlooked History of Landmark Civil Liberties Case

Once among the most famous Black men in 1930s America, Angelo Herndon -- a Communist Party organizer wrongly convicted of attempting to incite insurrection and sentenced to a chain gang by an all-white jury -- has largely faded from public recollection in recent decades.< . . .

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