{"value"=>"<p>Series encompasses the edited typescript of Herndon's autobiography and some of the original documents used as appendices in the book; several speeches given at mass rallies across the country; Herndon's account of a 1936 interview with Communist Party leader Tom Mooney at the San Quentin jail in California; a review of James Ford's <em render=\"underline\">The Negro and the Democratic Front</em>, and articles on black history and culture and in defense of the Soviet Union. In a pre-May Day speech in Philadelphia, Herndon called on black and white workers to unite and fight against racial discrimination and the dangers of a new world war: \"We remember too well what happened in the last world war. We remember the gold star mothers who were jim crowed when they visited their sons' graves in France\". Herndon criticized the New Deal government in the 1936 elections for yielding \"to big business and reaction\" and denounced the Republican Party, \"the Party of Wall Street\" as the leader of \"the forces preparing for war and the destruction of the few democratic rights the people still have\". In a draft article recounting his earlier trial in Georgia, he portrays \"the Rev. Solicitor Hudson (a moron and raving maniac)...with tears streaming from his eyes\", pleading \"in the name of the Lord that I be sent to my death, for God the almighty would be satisfied that justice would have been done, and the daughters of all states officials could walk down the streets safely\". Herndon, whose brother Milton died fighting with the International Brigades during the Spanish civil war, also wrote in support of Loyalist Spain and against German fascism. Articles written about Herndon and the Scottsboro Case are also included.</p> <p>Legal documents in the collection include Herndon's Defendant's Reply brief (Oct. 1933), and a Petition filed by his lawyers, Benjamin Davis and John Greer, in Georgia's Supreme Court (May 1934); Herndon's \"Plaintiff-in-Error\" appeal to Georgia's Supreme Court calling for a new hearing (1934); a Stay of Execution of the lower court's judgment against Herndon by Georgia's Supreme Court (July 1934); a special issue of the Federal Council of Churches' bulletin, \"Information Service\" on the Herndon case, together with a letter of protest from Reconciliation Trips of Georgia, calling on Governor Talmadge for a pardon in Herndon's case (1935); and the Decision from Georgia's Supreme Court upholding the lower court decision against Herndon (June 1936).</p> <p>Publicity and Financial material related to the 1935 Angelo Herndon Tour include 92 one-page reports of mass meetings and other activities in various cities. Each report indicates the total number of participants, fluctuating between 40 and 2,000, the number of new recruits, the approximate number of black attendees, a list of support organizations involved in the local campaign committee, and a breakdown of revenue and expenses. The Herndon Tour extended to well over 50 cities, but avoided most Southern states and other locations where Herndon could be arrested. Campaign literature and other campaign material (leaflets, certificates, form letters, blank petitions, receipts, directives to local committees) are also included.</p>"}