Panic!: CBS and the 1950s Blacklist
Carsey-Wolf Center
University of California Video Podcasts (Video) · UCTV: UC Santa Barbara
August 9, 202544m 44s
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Show Notes
Carol Stabile (Clark Honors College, University of Oregon) joins moderator Patrice Petro for a discussion of “CBS and the 1950s Blacklist,” a program that included an episode of the television sitcom The Goldbergs and William N. Robson’s radio broadcast titled “Open Letter on Race Hatred.” They discuss the history of anti-communist activism in the U.S. and how CBS capitulated to the FBI and its blacklisting campaign. Stabile also outlines how the FBI targeted public intellectuals and artists. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 40918]
Topics
CBSblacklist1950sFBIcommunismGoldbergsradiocensorshipactivismred scarepoliticsracefearFilm Studies40918