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#Mccarthyism

Events indexed under #Mccarthyism — 14 entries in the record.

14 events From Mar 21, 1947 To Jun 17, 1957 Open in filter view →
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1947 · 3 events1949 · 1 event1950 · 3 events1951 · 2 events1952 · 1 event1953 · 1 event1954 · 2 events1957 · 1 event19471957
DateEventLanesStatus
1957-06-17Yates v. United States Limits Smith Act Prosecutions, Supreme Court Begins Retreat from McCarthyism
Earl Warren · U.S. Supreme Court · Oleta O'Connor Yates · Communist Party USA · +1
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1954-09-01Communist Control Act Bans Party Members from Union Leadership, Weaponizing Anti-Communism Against Labor
U.S. Congress · Dwight D. Eisenhower · House Un-American Activities Committee · American Federation of Labor · +1
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1954-04-22Army-McCarthy Hearings Begin as Military Charges Senator with Improper Pressure for Aide
Joseph McCarthy · Roy Cohn · Robert Stevens · Joseph Welch · +3
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1953-06-19Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed at Sing Sing, Cold War's Most Controversial Death Penalty Case
Julius Rosenberg · Ethel Rosenberg · Roy Cohn · Irving Saypol · +4
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1952-01-01Hollywood Blacklist Reaches Peak with Over 300 Industry Professionals Banned
Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals · Studio executives · House Un-American Activities Committee · American Legion · +2
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1951-06-04Dennis v. United States Supreme Court Upholds Smith Act Convictions, Criminalizes Political Advocacy
Fred Vinson · U.S. Supreme Court · Eugene Dennis · Communist Party USA · +1
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1951-04-01Hollywood Ten Released from Prison but Remain Blacklisted, Industry Persecution Continues
Hollywood Ten · Dalton Trumbo · Ring Lardner Jr. · John Howard Lawson · +2
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1950-09-23McCarran Internal Security Act Passes Over Truman Veto, Requires Communist Registration
Pat McCarran · Karl Mundt · Harry Truman · Hubert Humphrey · +5
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1950-09-01State Loyalty Oaths Spread as California Passes Levering Act, Requires Public Employee Pledges
California Legislature · Earl Warren · University of California Board of Regents · American Civil Liberties Union
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1950-06-22Red Channels Published, Launching Broadcasting Blacklist and Corporate "Smear and Clear" Racket
American Business Consultants · John G. Keenan · Kenneth M. Bierly · Theodore C. Kirkpatrick · +6
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1949-11-15CIO Expels United Electrical Workers and Farm Equipment Workers, Beginning Purge of Communist-Led Unions
Congress of Industrial Organizations · Philip Murray · Walter Reuther · United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers · +2
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1947-11-25Waldorf Statement Launches Hollywood Blacklist, Studio Executives Pledge to Fire Hollywood Ten
Motion Picture Association of America · Eric Johnston · Louis B. Mayer · Eddie Mannix · +17
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1947-10-20HUAC Hollywood Hearings Begin, Studio Executives Cooperate as "Friendly Witnesses"
House Un-American Activities Committee · J. Parnell Thomas · Robert E. Stripling · Walt Disney · +9
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1947-03-21Executive Order 9835 Establishes Federal Loyalty Program - 5 Million Screened, Guilt Presumed
Harry S. Truman · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Civil Service Commission · House Un-American Activities Committee
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