[PAR] [TLE] Leo Branton Jr. [SEP] Leo Branton Jr. (February 17, 1922 – April 19, 2013) was an American trial lawyer.  He attended Tennessee State University and earned his law degree from Northwestern University School of Law in 1948.  He served in the Army during World War II.  Branton represented Nat King Cole in a label dispute, and Jimi Hendrix's estate, among others.  He was well known for representing Angela Davis during her 1972 murder trial and subsequent acquittal. [PAR] [TLE] Angela Davis [SEP] Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American political activist, academic, and author.  She emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 1960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA, and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement.
[PAR] [TLE] Leo Branton Jr. [ SEP ] Leo Branton Jr. ( February 17 , 1922 – April 19 , 2013 ) was an American trial lawyer . He attended Tennessee State University and earned his law degree from Northwestern University School of Law in 1948 . He served in the Army during World War II . Branton represented Nat King Cole in a label dispute , and Jimi Hendrix 's estate , among others . He was well known for representing Angela Davis during her 1972 murder trial and subsequent acquittal . [PAR] [TLE] Angela Davis [ SEP ] Angela Yvonne Davis ( born January 26 , 1944 ) is an American political activist , academic , and author . She emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 1960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA , and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement .
What American political activist, academic, and author was represented by Leo Branton in her 1972 murder trial?
What American political activist , academic , and author was represented by Leo Branton in her 1972 murder trial ?
Angela Davis
Angela Davis