1951
Jan 16

Hawaii Judge Acquits Three of Contempt of Congress for Claiming the Fifth Amendment Before HUAC

Jan 26

No Liberal Magazines for Los Angeles Students

Feb 4

Protestant, Jewish Religious Leaders Protest Film Censorship

Apr 11

President Truman Fires Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Asserts Civilian Control Over Military

Apr 22

NY Times Columnist Charges “Conspiracy of Silence” over Radio and Television Blacklisting

Apr 25

Hollywood Director Edward Dmytryk “Rehabilitates” Himself: Gives HUAC 26 Names

May 14

HUAC Publishes “Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications”

May 20

NAACP Declares Today “Josephine Baker Day” in Harlem

Jun 4

Smith Act Held Constitutional: Severe Blow to First Amendment

Jun 14

Joe McCarthy Attacks American War Hero, Gen. George C. Marshall

Jul 4

Cold War Reign of Fear: Madison, WI, Residents Afraid to Sign Petition with Excerpts from Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights

Jul 9

Author Dashiell Hammett Refuses to Provide Names of Contributors to Left-Wing Bail Fund

Jul 11

Cicero, Illinois, Race Riot – Whites Protest Racial Integration

Jul 29

Loyalty Oaths Spread Fear, Charges ACLU

Aug 1

Radio Artists Bar Communists from Membership – ACLU Protests

Aug 13

ACLU Defends Right of NYC Police to Form a Union

Sep 4

Ohio State Imposes Speaker Ban

Sep 5

Only One Senator Supports President Truman’s Firing of General MacArthur

Sep 12

LA Unitarian Minister Accused of “Aid and Comfort to the Communist Cause”

Sep 18

Evasion of Hollywood Blacklist by Film Studios Exposed

Sep 19

All-Time “Namer of Names,” Martin Berkeley, Names 150+ to HUAC

Oct 4

Ford Foundation Gives Fund For the Republic $1 Million For Bill of Rights Studies

Oct 8

Emergency Civil Liberties Committee Formed

Oct 15

Corliss Lamont, Prominent Civil Libertarian, Denied Passport

Oct 20

Protestant Church Leaders Protest Nomination of U.S. Envoy to the Vatican

Oct 30

Photo League Disbands; Victim of the Cold War

Dec 6

TV Censorship – Television Broadcasters Adopt Code of Conduct

Dec 8

Bugs in the Bedroom – Police Place Listening Devices in Irvine’s Bedroom

Dec 17

“We Charge Genocide:” Paul Robeson Presents Anti-lynching Petition to U. N.

Dec 25

Harry T. Moore, Wife Killed By KKK Firebombing of Their Home

Dec 26

Civil Rights Activist William Patterson, In Paris, Refuses to Surrender Passport

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