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The success prompted the ACLU to broaden their freedom of speech efforts beyond labor and political speech to encompass movies, press, radio, and literature. [39] The ACLU formed the National Committee on Freedom from Censorship in 1931 to coordinate this effort. [39] By the early 1930s, censorship in the United States was diminishing. [38]
The success prompted the ACLU to broaden their freedom of speech efforts beyond labor and political speech to encompass movies, press, radio, and literature. [125] The ACLU formed the National Committee on Freedom from Censorship in 1931 to coordinate this effort. [125] By the early 1930s, censorship in the United States was diminishing. [124]
On February 20, 1950, McCarthy had delivered a 5-hour speech to the Senate in which he presented the cases of 81 "loyalty risks" who he claimed were working for the State Department. McCarthy declined requests to disclose the actual names of the people on his list, and instead referred to them by "case numbers".
A number of observers have compared the oppression of liberals and leftists during the McCarthy period to 2000s-era actions against suspected terrorists, most of them Muslims. In The Age of Anxiety: McCarthyism to Terrorism , author Haynes Johnson compares the "abuses suffered by aliens thrown into high-security U.S. prisons in the wake of 9/11 ...
The Republican primary was won by Governor Walter J. Kohler Jr., who called for a clean break from McCarthy's approach; he defeated former Representative Glenn Robert Davis, who charged that President Eisenhower was soft on Communism. [171] Kohler was defeated in the special general election by Democrat William Proxmire. [172]
As both men find themselves enmeshed with the political world of Washington, D.C. during the McCarthy era, the show does shine a light on real people from that time to help move the story forward.
The House Freedom Caucus, currently chaired by Virginia Rep. Bob Good, has gained a reputation in the 118 th Congress as an ultraconservative obstacle for passing bills. Its members have attempted ...
Organized by CORE, the first Freedom Ride of the 1960s left Washington D.C. on May 4, 1961, and was scheduled to arrive in New Orleans on May 17. [61] During the first and subsequent Freedom Rides, activists traveled through the Deep South to integrate seating patterns on buses and desegregate bus terminals, including restrooms and water ...