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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.