FBI investigated other celebrities
In addition to Brownie McGhee, the Federal Bureau of Investigation also investigated many other celebrities, including Langston Hughes, Lucille Ball, Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin and Frank Sinatra.
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In addition to Brownie McGhee, the Federal Bureau of Investigation also investigated many other celebrities, including Langston Hughes, Lucille Ball, Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin and Frank Sinatra.
A new exhibition at Los Angeles' Skirball Cultural Center tells the story of the red scare that swept Hollywood.
On loan from the Jewish Museum Milwaukee, Blacklist: The Hollywood Red Scare focuses on 1947, the year that eight writers, one producer and a director were hauled before the House Committee on Unamerican Activities (HUAC).
Seventy-five years ago, Hollywood entered one of its bleakest periods. In 1947, 10 Hollywood writers and directors famously refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and were held in contempt of Congress.
The 1951 Empire Zinc strike made history and spawned a landmark labor film. Its impact is still reverberating today.