Biography
Eugene Braxton was a working-class leader named by the Daily Worker among those arrested in a Birmingham crackdown after the shooting of a society woman. The August 12, 1931 issue describes scores of arrests on suspicion and identifies Braxton, David James and John James as militant leaders among the arrested workers. The report presents the roundup as political and racial repression; it does not establish an individual murder charge, a conviction, or a measured custody total. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n193-NY-aug-12-1931-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3
Allen’s memoir reports that Angelo Herndon and Eugene Braxton were arrested in New Orleans in May 1931 while organizing on the waterfront. This is separately located and dated from the existing Atlanta/Birmingham cases. May is retained at month precision; no exact day or physical discharge is inferred. Source: https://www.marxists.org/archive/allen/organizing-south.pdf#page=60
The September 12, 1931 Birmingham continuation reports Braxton released on $150 bond while the ILD appealed a $25 fine and ninety-day chain-gang sentence. This supplies bail and appeal status in the existing Birmingham episode, without a precise exit day or evidence that the ninety-day imposed term was served. The adjoining murder-roundup coverage does not independently establish a murder charge against him. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n220-NY-sep-12-1931-DW-LOC.pdf#page=5
