Get out of the heat this summer and feel your blood boil – come to New York Historical’s new exhibit, “Blacklisted: An American Story” and be horrified by the recognition that the assault of civil ...

One section of the exhibit, titled “Talented and Targeted,” focuses on artists whose careers were upended by the blacklist.

An American Story — explores the Red Scare era of American history through posters, newspaper clippings, political pamphlets and video clips from the time. While Joseph McCarthy eventually lent his ...

Ronald Reagan testifies at House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearing in Washington, D.C., on October 25, 1947. | National Archives // Public Domain While several producers, directors ...

The weird thing with Nixon is that he was both a “red-baiter” and at times a moderate. He was on the House Un-American Activities Committee when it investigated Hollywood.And Nixon was very ...

“Are you or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?” was the key question at the U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings during the 1950s McCarthy era.

The House Un-American Activities Committee, or HUAC, came to Milwaukee in March 1955 to investigate Communist influence in the city. The four-member subcommittee called 16 witnesses, two of whom ...

This is the playbook of the Eisenhower administration, the House Un-American Activities Committee, and its Senate counterpart ...

This is the playbook of the Eisenhower administration, the House Un-American Activities Committee, and its Senate counterpart, the Internal Security Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

In this Oct. 28, 1947 file photo, screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, left, and his wife, Cleo, listen from the audience as the chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) announces a ...