em_poc@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months ago

Testimony of Paul Robeson before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, June 12, 1956

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Testimony of Paul Robeson before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, June 12, 1956

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em_poc@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months ago

Many African-American witnesses subpoenaed to testify at the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) hearings in the 1950s were asked to denounce Pa...

Very interesting.

Red Scare affected more than just a few individuals, though.

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James Earl Jones does Robeson great justice here
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  He also does Darth Vader great justice?
  
  Coincidence?
  
  Heh. I think not.

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