Witness History: Archive 2012 - The Hollywood blacklist

A list of radicals in Hollywood and the entertainment industry was published by US anti-communists more than 60 years ago.

The list was known as Red Channels and people whose names were on it found their careers in jeopardy.

Walter Bernstein was a young screenwriter at the time.

Published on Wednesday, 4th January 2012.

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