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Hollywood Blacklist
Ring Lardner, Jr. on Being One of the Hollywood Ten

  By Witnify • November 25, 2013 Uncategorized
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Screenwriter Ring Lardner, Jr. recalls what it was like to testify in front of the House Committee on Un-American Activities and explains what life was like as one of the Hollywood Ten.
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Hollywood Blacklist
Cast & Crew Recall Their Time on the Hollywood Blacklist

  By Witnify • November 25, 2013 Uncategorized
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Hollywood actors and crew members discuss what it was like to be on the Hollywood Blacklist and how being identified as communists changed their careers. Continue reading

Tagged   Arts and Culture, Communism, Film, Hollywood Blacklist, Political Scandals, Protest, TV
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Hollywood Blacklist
Herbert Biberman Speaks to the House Committee on Un-American Activities

  By Witnify • November 25, 2013 Uncategorized
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Watch director and screenwriter Herbert Biberman attempt to give his testimony to the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Continue reading

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Hollywood Blacklist
Actress Betty Garrett on the Hollywood Blacklist

  By Witnify • November 25, 2013 Uncategorized
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Actress Betty Garrett recalls what her husband, Larry Parks, went through as an actor on the Hollywood Blacklist and how it affected their lives. Continue reading

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2007 Writers Guild of America Strike
Emily Deschanel: ‘Without the Writers We Have No Words’

  By Witnify • November 5, 2013 Uncategorized
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Bones creator, Hart Hanson, and cast members like Emily Deschanel explain what the strike has been like and why they support it. Continue reading

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2007 Writers Guild of America Strike
Oliver Platt: ‘Writers Who are Creating This Stuff, They’re Not Getting Compensated for It’

  By Witnify • November 5, 2013 Uncategorized
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Actor Oliver Platt discusses why it was important for the Writer's Guild to strike and how content distribution determines who makes the money. Continue reading

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The March on Washington
Jonathan Prinz: ‘Everyone Was Terribly Moved by That Speech’

  By Witnify • November 4, 2013 Uncategorized
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Jonathan Prinz recalls his experience when he heard the "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington in 1963. Continue reading

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The March on Washington
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton on MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech

  By Witnify • November 4, 2013 Uncategorized
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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton discusses what it was like to hear Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington. Continue reading

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The March on Washington
Clayborne Carson on Busing to the March

  By Witnify • November 4, 2013 Uncategorized
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Professor Clayborne Carson recalls how he traveled to the March on a bus from the Midwest. Continue reading

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The March on Washington
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver on How the March Changed His Life

  By Witnify • November 4, 2013 Uncategorized
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Congressman Emanuel Cleaver discusses how the March influenced his life. Continue reading

Tagged   Civil Rights, Politics and History, Protest, The March on Washington
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