A look at the confluence of the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by African Americans seeking more and better roles on radio, television, and stage. It begins in Harlem, measures the impact of Paul Robeson and the campaign to bring him down, looks at the role of HUAC, J. Edgar Hoover and of journalists such as Ed Sullivan, and ends with a tribute to Canada Lee. Throughout are interviews with men and women who were there, including Dick Campbell of the Rose McLendon Players and Fredrick O'Neal of the American Negro Theatre. In the 1940s and 1950s, anti-Communism was one more tool to maintain Jim Crow and to keep down African-Americans.
| Title | Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist |
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 ETC.
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| Release Date | Jan 01, 1998 |
| Genres | Documentary, History, |
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| Casts | Morgan Freeman, Rosetta LeNoire, Dick Campbell, Frederick O'Neal, Ossie Davis, Paul Robeson, Joseph Wershba, J. Edgar Hoover, Jackie Robinson, Hazel Scott, Adam Clayton Powell III |
| Plot Keywords | racism, post world war ii, harlem renaissance, mccarthyism, artistic risk, black community, hollywood blacklist, |
Self
Morgan Freeman
Self
Rosetta LeNoire
Self
Dick Campbell
Self
Frederick O'Neal
Self
Ossie Davis
Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson
Self
Joseph Wershba
Self (archive footage)
J. Edgar Hoover
Self (archive footage)
Jackie Robinson
Self (archive footage)
Hazel Scott
Self - son of Hazel Scott
Adam Clayton Powell III
Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
Sidney Poitier
Stephen Kumalo (archive footage)
Canada Lee
Self
Gertrude Jeannette
Self - broadcast historian
Erik Barnouw
Newsreel Narrator (voice) (archive sound)
Gregory Abbott
Self
Harry Belafonte
