On July 18, 1949, Jackie Robinson, the first African-American baseball player to play in the modern U.S. major leagues, appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) to discuss the appeal of communism to black America. The controversial committee had turned its gaze on the black community following allegations by the celebrated African-American singer and actor Paul Robeson that most African Americans would be sympathetic to a communist form of government. In his appearance before HUAC, Robinson, a former U.S. Army lieutenant, acknowledged that minorities suffered greatly in America, but denied that the African-American mainstream would ever consider propagating communism in the United States. That year--his third on the Brooklyn Dodgers--Robinson won the batting championship with a .342 average, and was voted the National League's most valuable player.
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson donned a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform and became the first African American to play major league baseball in the 20th century. The man who broke baseball's color...
On this day in 1947, Jackie Robinson, age 28, becomes the first African-American player in Major League Baseball when he steps onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to compete for the Brooklyn Dodgers....
On this day in 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 715th career home run, breaking Babe Ruth's legendary record of 714 homers. A crowd of 53,775 people, the largest in the history of...
In 1938, Congress founded the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) to investigate fascists, communists, and other ''subversives'' residing in the United States. After World War II, HUAC...
On September 23, 1940, in an address to the American Legion, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover warned of the growing threat of subversive forces in the United States. With World War II raging in Europe,...
When she was a Broadway star, Helen Gahagan Douglas was hailed as one of the 10 most beautiful women in the world. In the late 1930s, however, she followed her conscience and abandoned the stage...
The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) of the U.S. Congress opens its investigation into communist infiltration of the American movie industry on October 20, 1947. Chaired by Congressman...
On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run, surpassing Babe Ruth's legendary record. However, as an African-American player who had received death threats...
On this day in 1971, pitcher Leroy "Satchel" Paige becomes the first Negro League veteran to be nominated for the Baseball Hall of Fame. In August of that year, Paige, a pitching legend known for...
In 1955, Elia Kazan's ''On the Waterfront'' (1954) swept the motion-picture awards ceremonies, winning eight Oscars, four Golden Globes, and three New York Film Critics Circle Awards. The film,...
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