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House Un-American Activities Committee
n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the former name of the Internal Security Committee of the US House of Representatives: notorious for its anti-Communist investigations in the late 1940s and 1950s. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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1) The transfer finally came through in December 1937 (Rowley 138); during this time, Wright wrote several crucial pieces: his manifesto "A Blueprint for Negro Writing" appeared in New Challenge, and "The Ethics of Living Jim Crow: An Autobiographical Sketch" in the 1937 FWP anthology American Stuff attracted praise from critics and condemnation by the Congressional Dies Committee (later the House Committee on Un-American Activities). One of the few constructive acts of the last Congress was the commissioning of the Dies Committee to investigate alleged subversive acts of individuals or groups against the United States and its form of government. We are presented with a panorama reminiscent of the novel Ragtime: the machinations of capitalists dealing with Mussolini; the scratchy relationship between patron and artist exemplified by Nelson Rockefeller's hiring of Diego Rivera to paint a public mural; the McCarthy era adumbrated by the Dies committee grilling FTP head Hallie Flanagan about Communist infiltration. |
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