House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) In the Cold War years, the U.S. government and political dissent run a dangerous collision course.

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 ...

On Oct. 20, 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) began its investigation into the alleged communist infiltration in Hollywood, which landed hundreds of people who worked in ...

“Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?” was the $64,000 question asked by the notorious House Un ...

By 1944, it was made a permanent committee — the House Un-American Activities Committee — and came to be commonly abbreviated as HUAC.

Marsha Hunt, a veteran actress of the Golden Age of film, radio and Broadway who later saw her career wither over her protests against the infamous House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC ...

[[File:Chairman Dies of House Committee investigating Un-American activities.jpg|thumb|right|Chairman Dies of The House Un-American Activities Committee proofs his letter replying to President ...

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