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- 1996 Feb 10 (Creation)
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Typescript transcript of interview with Frances Eisenberg, teacher of English and journalism, Los Angeles City Schools, California, USA, and Connogle Park School, USA, [1942-1949], relating to her experience of McCarthyism, the campaign against alleged communists and communist sympathisers in US society instigated by Senator Joseph Raymond McCarthy, 1950-1954, including accusations of teaching communist ideology, being called before numerous state committees including the Californian Un-American Activities Committee, to answer charges, 1952; membership of organisations including the Los Angeles Federation of Teachers, Democratic Party, and the Communist Party; anti-semitism in the US and comparisons with Russian pogroms; attacks on civil liberties; dismissal by the Californian Board of Education after losing case before the Superior Court, in a 5-4 decision. 24pp
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