"A Damaging Impression of Hollywood Has Sprea
Movie "Czar" Eric Johnston testifies before HUAC.
"Communists are second to none in our devotio
Prosecution and defense statements from the 1949 trial of American Communist Party leaders.
"Damage"
Contemporary assessment by Collier's magazine of the Army-McCarthy hearings.
"Enemies from Within"
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and President Harry S. Truman trade accusations of disloyalty.
"Have You No Sense of Decency": The Army
Transcript of the session that led to Senator McCarthy's downfall.
"I Cannot and Will Not Cut My Conscience to F
Text of Lillian Hellman' s letter to the House Un-American Activities Committee refusing to name names.
"I Have Sung in Hobo Jungles, and I Have Sung
Testimony of Pete Seeger to HUAC.
"National Suicide"
Text of a statement by Margaret Chase Smith and six Republican Senators against Joseph McCarthy's attack on "individual freedom".
"Not Only Ridiculous, but Dangerous"
Collier's objects to Joseph McCarthy's attacks on the press.
"The World Was at Stake": Three "Fr
Jack Warner, Ayn Rand and Louis B. Mayer testify before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee.
"They Want to Muzzle Public Opinion":
Testimony of John Howard Lawson before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
"We Must Keep the Labor Unions Clean"
Ronald Reagan and Walt Disney testify before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee blaming Hollywood labor conflicts on Communist Infiltration.
"You Are the Un-Americans, and You Ought to b
Testimony of Paul Robeson before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Ayn Rand's HUAC Testimony
Libertarian author cooperates with Congressional investigation of Communist propaganda in American films. Includes introduction, background, and notes.
House Un-American Activities Committee and Censors
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.
HUAC, McCarthy, and the Reds
A brief, illustrated timeline of Joe McCarthy's life and the House Un-American Activities Committee.
McCarran Internal Security Act
Partial text of a law "[t]o protect the United States against certain Un American and subversive activities by requiring registration of Communist organizations."
Official Homepage Of The Joseph McCarthy Fan Club
Mocks the late anti-Communist. Includes an online discussion group.
Online NewsHour: Hollywood Blacklisting
Excerpts from the PBS documentary "The Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist."
Red Channels
Excerpts from Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television (1950).
The Fight For America: Senator Joseph McCarthy
Essay by Jesse Friedman tracing the life and career of anti-Communist Senator Joseph McCarthy. Asserts he was a "sleazy bully" who "ruined the careers of hundreds of innocent men and women [in order] to advance his own."
The Hollywood Blacklist
Article by Dan Georgakas from the Encyclopedia of the American Left documenting the persecution of suspected Communists in the entertainment industry.
The Hollywood Ten
Short biographies of the individuals who refused to testify in HUAC's hearings, thereby earning a place on the blacklist.
The New American: McCarthyism
Forty questions and answers about Senator Joseph McCarthy.