Hollywood blacklist

The Hollywood blacklist was a group of mainly film actors, directors, and screenwriters in the late 1940s and early 1950s who were unable to work openly after having been targeted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities for alleged communist activities. The day after being cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to give testimony, a Hollywood blacklisting policy was implemented by the studio executives through the MPAA in what has become known as the Waldorf Statement.

See also

• Senator Margaret Chase Smith - On June 1, 1950, she gave her Declaration of Conscience in the U.S. Senatehttp://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/SmithDeclaration.pdf