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51. Interview of Abraham L. Wirin

Topic:
Social Movements
Civil Liberties
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California.

52. Interview of Carey McWilliams

Topic:
Social Movements
Journalism
Civil Liberties
Sleepy Lagoon Case
Length:
12.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Author and editor of the Nation, known for writing on California politics and culture.

53. Interview of Jack B. Tenney

Topic:
Politics and Government
Social Movements
Film and Television
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
U.S. senator from 1943 to 1955 and 38th district California State Assembly member from 1936 to 1942. Head of the California Senate Factfinding Subcommittee on Un-American Activities ("Tenney Committee") and leader of anti-communist investigations.

54. Interview of Paul Russo

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Union organizer for United Automobile Workers Local 72.

55. Interview of William C. Aston

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Length:
7.1 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Machine shop worker and chair of the United Automobile Workers, Local 887.

56. Interview of Seniel Ostrow

Topic:
Social Movements
Civil Liberties
Length:
14 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Civil rights activist and owner of the Sealy Mattress Company.

57. Interview of William B. Elconin

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Social worker and union organizer for the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE).

58. Interview of Barbara Nestor

Topic:
Social Movements
Communist Party
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Chair of the Southern California chapter of the Communist Party.

59. Interview of Herbert Knott Sorrell

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Union organizer. Head of the Conference of Studio Unions (CSU) and business manager of the Motion Picture Painters union, Local 644.

60. Interview of Mary Davenport

Topic:
Social Movements
Communist Party
Film and Television
Length:
2.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the recollections of selected individuals in Los Angeles who were affected by the Hollywood blacklist during the Joseph R. McCarthy-J. Edgar Hoover era.
Biographical Note:
Wife of screenwriter Waldo Salt, who was blacklisted in the post-World War II Hollywood blacklist.