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McCarthyism (23)
Sites dealing with the anti-Communist campaign conducted in the United States during the Cold War, particularly the activities of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and Senator Joseph McCarthy.
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HUAC, McCarthy, and the Reds - McCarthyism and the Blacklist
· A brief, illustrated timeline of Joe McCarthy's life and the House Un-American Activities Committee.
HUAC and Censorship Changes
· Article documenting HUAC's role in the blacklisting of suspected Communists in Hollywood and its attempts to influence the content of films produced in the late 1940s and 1950s.
Online NewsHour: Hollywood Blacklisting
· iweb · cached · Excerpts from the PBS documentary "The Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist."
The Hollywood Ten
· cached · Short biographies of the individuals who refused to testify in HUAC's hearings, thereby earning a place on the blacklist.
McCarran Internal Security Act
· cached · Partial text of a law "[t]o protect the United States against certain Un American and subversive activities by requiring registration of Communist organizations."
The Joseph McCarthy Fan Club
· Mocks the late anti-Communist. Includes an online discussion group.
Ayn Rand's HUAC Testimony
· cached · Libertarian author cooperates with Congressional investigation of Communist propaganda in American films. Includes introduction, background, and notes.
"Have You No Sense of Decency": The Army-McCarthy Hearings
· iweb · cached · Transcript of the session that led to Senator McCarthy's downfall.
"You Are the Un-Americans, and You Ought to be Ashamed of Yourselves"
· iweb · cached · Testimony of Paul Robeson before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
"They Want to Muzzle Public Opinion":
· iweb · cached · Testimony of John Howard Lawson before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
"The World Was at Stake": Three "Friendly" HUAC Hollywood Witnesses Assess Pro-Soviet Wartime Films
· iweb · cached · Jack Warner, Ayn Rand and Louis B. Mayer testify before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee.
"I Have Sung in Hobo Jungles, and I Have Sung for the Rockefellers"
· iweb · cached · Testimony of Pete Seeger to HUAC.
"I Cannot and Will Not Cut My Conscience to Fit This Year's Fashions"
· iweb · cached · Text of Lillian Hellman' s letter to the House Un-American Activities Committee refusing to name names.
"A Damaging Impression of Hollywood Has Spread"
· iweb · cached · Movie "Czar" Eric Johnston testifies before HUAC.
Communists Are Second to None in Our Devotion to Our People and to Our Country
· iweb · cached · Prosecution and defense statements from the 1949 trial of American Communist Party leaders.
"Damage"
· iweb · cached · Contemporary assessment by Collier's magazine of the Army-McCarthy hearings.
"Not Only Ridiculous, but Dangerous"
· iweb · cached · Collier's objects to Joseph McCarthy's attacks on the press.
"Enemies from Within"
· iweb · cached · Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and President Harry S. Truman trade accusations of disloyalty.
"We Must Keep the Labor Unions Clean"
· iweb · cached · Ronald Reagan and Walt Disney testify before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee blaming Hollywood labor conflicts on Communist Infiltration.
"National Suicide"
· iweb · cached · Text of a statement by Margaret Chase Smith and six Republican Senators against Joseph McCarthy's attack on "individual freedom".
Hollywood Blacklist
· cached · Article by Dan Georgakas from the Encyclopedia of the American Left documenting the persecution of suspected Communists in the entertainment industry.
McCarthyism and the Movies
· cached · A listing and description by theme, biographical and documentary with a forum.
McCarthyism: Forty Questions and Answers about Senator Joseph McCarthy
· cached · An article originally published in The New American by James J. Drummey on May 11, 1987.
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