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Blacklisted!
by Larry Dane Brimner
Ages: 12+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Calkins Creek/Highlights
ISBN: 978-1-62091-603-2
Keywords: Red scare, First Amendment, Censorship, Law and Justice
In 1947, the US House Committee on Un-American Activities accused 19 people in the film industry of disloyalty to the nation. They fought back. Archival photos, back matter.