Topic: HUAC

Feb 1,

1902

Langston Hughes, Noted African-American Poet, Social Critic, is Born

Mar 26,

1919

New York Lusk Committee to Investigate Alleged Radicals

Feb 20,

1937

National Lawyers Guild, Alternative to ABA, is Organized

Jan 3,

1939

HUAC: ACLU A Communist “Front Organization”

Feb 25,

1940

Prominent Liberals Ask HUAC to Change Procedures, and to Investigate Right-Wing Group

Feb 1,

1943

HUAC Chair Places Names of 39 Alleged Communists in Congressional Record

Oct 5,

1944

Poet Langston Hughes Tops HUAC Anti-Communist List with 49 “Affiliations”

Jan 3,

1945

HUAC Made a Permanent Committee – Assault on Freedom of Belief and Association Continues

Oct 20,

1947

HUAC Opens Hearings on Communists in Hollywood

Oct 23,

1947

Ronald Reagan Testifies Before HUAC as “Friendly” Witness

Oct 24,

1947

Committee for the First Amendment Opposes HUAC Investigation of Hollywood

Oct 27,

1947

“Hollywood Ten” HUAC Hearings Begin – Angry Confrontation Erupts

Oct 30,

1947

Famed Playwright Brecht Testifies Before HUAC – Immediately Leaves the U.S.

Oct 30,

1947

Writer of MAS*H Refuses to Tell HUAC About His Beliefs and Associations – Is Blacklisted

Dec 3,

1947

Hollywood Blacklist Begins

Jan 9,

1948

Hollywood Ten Arraigned for Contempt of Congress

Jan 21,

1950

“Fear Obscures Reason,” Justice Hugo Black Warns of Cold War Hysteria

Apr 25,

1951

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

May 14,

1951

HUAC Publishes “Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications”

Sep 12,

1951

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

Sep 19,

1951

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

Apr 10,

1952

Naming Names: Famed Director Elia Kazan Names 8 People Before HUAC

May 1,

1952

Actor Edward G. Robinson Confesses to HUAC — “I Was a Sucker”

May 21,

1952

Playwright Lillian Hellman Famously Rebukes HUAC

Jul 30,

1952

Classic Film “High Noon” Released – Co-Producer/Writer’s Name Deleted (Carl Foreman)

Aug 29,

1952

Frank Wilkinson Declines to Answer Questions About Political Associations, Is Fired, Begins Civil Liberties Career

Oct 28,

1952

Attorney General: Charlie Chaplin Must “Prove His Worth” to Return to U.S.

Jan 22,

1953

“The Crucible” Opens in New York; Playwright Arthur Miller’s Cold War Statement

Aug 18,

1955

Pete Seeger Asserts First Amendment Right at HUAC Hearing

Jun 12,

1956

“You Are the Un-Americans:” Paul Robeson Denounces HUAC

Jun 21,

1956

Playwright Arthur Miller Testifies Before HUAC – Refuses to Name Names

Nov 25,

1956

Oscar-Nominated Film . . . Has No Screenwriter!

Dec 7,

1956

ACLU Attorney A.L. Wirin Ejected From HUAC Hearing

Jan 17,

1957

Defund HUAC Urges ACLU of Northern California

Mar 27,

1957

And the Oscar Goes to . . . A Blacklisted Screenwriter – Dalton Trumbo

May 26,

1957

Paul Robeson Denied Passport – Gives London Concert by Phone

Jan 17,

1958

61 Chicago-area Notables Call for Abolition of HUAC

Aug 7,

1958

Playwright Arthur Miller’s HUAC Contempt Conviction Overturned

Jan 20,

1960

Hollywood Blacklist Broken – Producer Otto Preminger Credits Dalton Trumbo for “Exodus” Script

May 12,

1960

Major Anti-HUAC Protest Begins in San Francisco; Police Brutality the Next Day

Oct 10,

1960

Committee to Abolish HUAC Holds First National Convention

May 1,

1961

Frank Wilkinson, Anti-HUAC Activist, Sent to Prison for Contempt of Congress

Jan 7,

1969

Governor Reagan: Drive “Anarchists” and “Latter Day Fascists” Off California Campuses

Jan 14,

1975

HUAC Abolished; 37 Years of Civil Liberties Violations Finally Ends

May 2,

1975

Eighteen Years Late, Blacklisted Dalton Trumbo Receives His Oscar

May 24,

1976

“Hollywood on Trial” Shown at Cannes Film Festival

Mar 21,

1999

Elia Kazan Given Honorary Oscar – Award Protested Because He “Named Names” to HUAC

Jan 2,

2006

Frank Wilkinson, Anti-HUAC Activist, Dies

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