Biography
Milton Herndon was one of six defendants prosecuted for picketing the Empire Cafeteria at 125th Street and Lenox Avenue, Harlem, in protest against discrimination against Black workers. The Daily Worker of September 8, 1934, page 3, reports that Magistrate Aurelio ordered the six held for Special Sessions on September 6 on unlawful-assembly charges, and that all had been released on bail. The paper identifies him as Angelo Herndon’s brother and also reports a disorderly-conduct charge. The newspaper criticizes the prosecution’s evidence; its accusations are attributed advocacy. The exact arrest and physical bail-release days, verdict and sentence are not supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n216-sep-08-1934-DW-LOC.pdf
Page 2 identifies Milton as Angelo Herndon’s brother and a Young Negro leader and reprints his signed letter thanking the Daily Worker, Communist Party and ILD for the successful bail campaign. This is documented family defense activity before Milton’s separately recorded September Harlem arrest, not a new custody episode. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n189-aug-08-1934-DW-LOC.pdf
Page 2’s account of Angelo’s August 7 arrival names his brother Milton, together with Robert Minor, carrying Angelo on their shoulders through Pennsylvania Station. This is family participation in the welcome after Angelo’s bail release, preceding Milton’s separately documented September Harlem prosecution; it supplies no new Milton custody event. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n190-aug-09-1934-DW-LOC.pdf
Page 3 identifies him as one of four workers arrested on Saturday night, September 1, 1934, when police broke up the Empire Cafeteria picket at Lenox Avenue and 125th Street. He was out on $300 bail by this September 4 issue, with trial scheduled for September 6. Four initial arrestees here and six later defendants are distinct reporting stages of the existing case; no exact physical bail-release day or final verdict is supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n212-sep-04-1934-DW-LOC.pdf
Contemporary original newspaper source; individual page evidence retained in review audit 345. Exact individual custody dates and duration are not inferred from relative dates or collective claims.
Daily Worker, August 8, 1934; relevant page stated in the accompanying profile note.
Daily Worker, August 9, 1934; relevant page stated in the accompanying profile note.
