House Un-American Activities Committee

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The House Un-American Activities Committee was a U.S. House of Representatives committee best known for investigating alleged communist influence and subversive activities, particularly in Hollywood and other cultural institutions, during the mid-20th century.

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instanceOf committee of the United States House of Representatives
congressional committee
activeDuring Cold War
Second Red Scare
linked to: McCarthyism
appliesToJurisdiction federal government of the United States
archivesAt U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
areaOfInterest Nazi activities in the United States
communism
fascism
loyalty of federal employees
subversive organizations
country United States of America
criticizedFor chilling effect on free speech
contributing to blacklisting in Hollywood
use of guilt by association
violations of civil liberties
dissolved 1975
hasLanguage English
hasMainTask investigation of alleged communist influence
investigation of alleged subversive activities
investigation of disloyalty to the United States
investigation of propaganda activities
inception 1938
legislativeBody United States Congress
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington, D.C.
namedAfter Martin Dies Jr.
notableMember Francis E. Walter
J. Parnell Thomas
John Rankin
Martin Dies Jr.
Richard Nixon
originallyNamed Dies Committee
Special Committee on Un-American Activities
partOf United States House of Representatives
replacedBy House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
shortName HUAC
significantEvent Alger Hiss hearings
Hollywood blacklist investigations
linked to: McCarthyism

investigation of the Hollywood Ten
investigations of alleged communist infiltration in government
investigations of alleged communist influence in education
investigations of alleged communist influence in labor unions
investigations of alleged communist influence in the entertainment industry
typeOfJurisdiction investigative jurisdiction
usedMethod contempt of Congress citations
public hearings
subpoena power

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Elia Kazan testifiedBefore House Un-American Activities Committee
Harry Dexter White subjectOf House Un-American Activities Committee testimony
linked to: House Un-American Activities Committee
Howard Da Silva blacklistContext Hollywood blacklist
linked to: House Un-American Activities Committee
After the Fall inspiredBy House Un-American Activities Committee hearings
linked to: House Un-American Activities Committee
Lillian Hellman wroteLetterTo House Un-American Activities Committee
House Un-American Activities Committee shortName HUAC
linked to: House Un-American Activities Committee
House Un-American Activities Committee originallyNamed Special Committee on Un-American Activities
linked to: House Un-American Activities Committee
House Un-American Activities Committee significantEvent Alger Hiss hearings
linked to: House Un-American Activities Committee
Benjamin Gitlow testifiedBefore House Un-American Activities Committee
Hallie Flanagan subjectOf House Un-American Activities Committee hearings
linked to: House Un-American Activities Committee
Executive Order 9835 linkedTo House Un-American Activities Committee investigations
linked to: House Un-American Activities Committee
Hazel Scott testifiedBefore House Un-American Activities Committee
A King in New York satirizes House Un-American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers participantIn House Un-American Activities Committee hearings
linked to: House Un-American Activities Committee
Ring Lardner Jr. participantIn House Un-American Activities Committee hearings
linked to: House Un-American Activities Committee
Scoundrel Time mainSubject House Un-American Activities Committee
Guilty by Suspicion narrativeFocus House Un-American Activities Committee
Robert Rossen subjectOf House Un-American Activities Committee hearings
linked to: House Un-American Activities Committee
Martin Berkeley participatedIn House Un-American Activities Committee hearings
linked to: House Un-American Activities Committee
Abraham Polonsky testifiedBefore House Un-American Activities Committee
Abraham Polonsky refusedToNameNamesBefore House Un-American Activities Committee
Dies Committee officialName Special Committee on Un-American Activities
linked to: House Un-American Activities Committee
Dies Committee followedBy House Un-American Activities Committee
A Life mainSubject House Un-American Activities Committee
J. Parnell Thomas member of House Un-American Activities Committee
Trumbo portrays House Un-American Activities Committee