The word came from the name of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. McCarthy,

a Wisconsin Republican, made numerous charges-usually with

……. little evidence-…

that certain public officials and other individuals were Communists or cooperated with Communists.

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http://www.bookrags.com/Hollywood_blacklist

In 1947, the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), chaired by J. Parnell Thomas, held a series of hearings on alleged communist infiltration into the Hollywood motion picture industry.

Twenty-four “friendly” witnesses—including

Gary Cooper,

Ronald Reagan,

and Walt Disney—testified that Hollywood was infiltrate

Accused

http://comptalk.fiu.edu/blacklist.htm#_edn6

[ I have Edited] partial list of most well know in Hollywood

Other prominent names listed in Red Channels include Larry Adler, Leonard Bernstein,

Howard Duff,

Jose Ferrer,

John Garfield,

Will Geer,

Judy Holliday,

Lena Horne,

Burl Ives,

Gypsy Rose Lee,

Burgess Meredith,

Arthur Miller,

Henry Morgan,

Zero Mostel,

Edward G. Robinson,

Artie Shaw,

Howard K. Smith,

Orson Welles.

Personal Note

The news kept the general population in a constant uproar and instilled fear of communits to the point of being afraid to speak to your neighbors for fear they were Communists!

It’s quite a story and you should read it.

THEY WERE ALMOST LIKE THE BOOGIE MAN, THEY MIGHT JUMP OUT AND GET YOU!

Charlie Chaplin

Langston Hughes

Gypsy Rose Lee

Arthur Miller

Pete Seeger

Orson Welles (this one makes me laugh)

These are just a few that stood out to me.