Prelude to McCarthyism:
Making of a Blacklist
The anti-communist movement in the United States grew greatly in the late 1940s through the late 1950s.
AGLOSO One of the most widely-publicized aspects of the post-Second World War Red Scare, or 'McCarthyism', was the 'Attorney General's List of Subversive Organizations' (AGLOSO). In March 1947, President Harry Truman ordered all federal civil service employees to be screened for 'loyalty', in order to remove supporting members of subversive organizations, including the Communist Party, the Nazi Party and the Ku Klux Klan. While the AGLOSO was to provide guidance to determine qualifications of 'loyalty', it quickly became an exclusion blacklist throughout many public and private, state and government organizations. HUAC Similar to AGLOSO, the 'House Un-American Activities Committee' (HUAC) attempted to seek out and eliminate alleged communist activity within the United States, particularly with certain members of Hollywood, including actors, actresses, writers and directors. These HUAC investigations in 1947 eventually lead to the creation of a Hollywood blacklist in order to stigmatized the suspected communist supporters and caused the ruined careers of many aspiring artists in the late 1940s and 1950s. Source: http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2006/fall/agloso.html Source: http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/the-cold-war-in-america-effects-on-everyday-life.html |