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McCarthyism Affect on Paul Robeson

A period of anti-communism in the U.S. There were accusations and investigations of suspicious communist activities in U.S. that were not acceptable during that time. People were tortured by harassment, pressure on the people, and blacklisting people to make sure that they followed all the political laws. Blacklisiting was the most common of them all and many of the people of society were affected by it. Some of the people that were mention being blamed were:
  • David Bohm: a physicist
  • Chalire Chaplin: actor
  • Aaron Copland: composer of modern tonal music
  • Dashiell Hammett: author
  • Lillian Hellman: playqright and left-wing activist
  • Arthur Miller: playwright and essayist
  • Paul Robeson: actor, athlete, singer, write and political and civil rights activist
  • Waldo Salt: screenwriter, government employee & CPUSA member 
  • Paul Sweezy: Marxian economist and found-editor of Monthly Review

   So on this site, it is dedicatd to Paul Robeson who was one of the many that got blacklisted. A man of great success, but also of loss due to the horrible state of McCarythism.

  ** To learn more of how Mr. Robeson was and how he was affected, please click on the navigation on the right for more information. **

 

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