Blacklisting__The_Human_Ruin_Generated_By_The_McCarthy_Heari

Blacklisting: The Human Ruin Generated By The McCarthy Hearings During the 1940s and 1950s there was a "witch hunt" against so called communists in America, led by Joseph McCarthy. In 1947 the House Un-American Activities Committee started an investigation of suspected Communists in the film industry. The investigation ruined hundreds of careers and tarnished hundreds of reputations. The Committee gained publicity by calling upon celebrities to testify by taking advantage of the public’s never ending fascination with Hollywood. This committee had permission from the House of Representatives to expose and punish those who were suspected of treason against the government. Everyone suspected that Communists would try to gain access to the minds of Americans through motion picture industry because of its influence on so many people. In 1950 McCarthy made his first speech against Communist at the Republican Women’s Club, where he stated that he had a list of the names of Communists. During his trials he would try to manipulate innocent people into admitting they were guilty. In reality though he never actually had any proof of this treason. When suspected the government would either put the so-called communist in jail or on a blacklist. Blacklists could hurt the victims financially and communists, blacklist, mccarthy, people, time, suspected, against, money, government, communist, communism, being, treason, put, order, names, mainly, industry, friends, film, effort, during, convicted, committee, because, anti-communist, way, victims, united, two, try, trials, though, taking, take