{"id":9562,"date":"2019-12-02T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/?p=9562"},"modified":"2020-01-22T12:23:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T19:23:41","slug":"this-week-in-history-dec-1st-7th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/this-week-in-history-dec-1st-7th\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History, Dec. 1st – 7th."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAs long as I live, I will never be a party to anything as un\u2010American as a blacklist,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

—Eric Johnston, president of the MPAA<\/a>, who in 1947 did an about face with his involvement with The Waldorf Statement<\/a><\/p>\n

This week in 1947 The Waldorf Statement was released.<\/p>\n

In October of 1947,<\/strong>\u00a0the House Un-American Activities Committee subpoenaed ten filmmakers to testify about their alleged subversive political beliefs. After these \u201cHollywood Ten\u201d refused to testify, exercising their First Amendment Privileges, they were cited for contempt of Congress, for which they were ultimately imprisoned and blacklisted \u2013 prevented from gainful employment \u2013 by the Hollywood studios and broadcast networks. By 1951, as a result of ongoing Congressional hearings, hundreds more were blacklisted, harassed, or driven from their jobs, and in some cases from their homes1<\/sup><\/p>\n

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Archive photo of nine members of the “Hollywood Ten” 2<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The\u00a0Waldorf Statement<\/strong>\u00a0was a two-page press release issued on December 3, 1947, by\u00a0Eric Johnston<\/a>, president of the\u00a0Motion Picture Association of America<\/a>, following a closed-door meeting by forty-eight\u00a0motion picture<\/a>\u00a0company executives at\u00a0New York City’s<\/a>\u00a0Waldorf-Astoria Hotel<\/a>. The Statement was a response to the\u00a0contempt of Congress<\/a>\u00a0charges against the so-called “Hollywood Ten<\/a>“.3<\/sup><\/p>\n

The statement was considered the beginning of the Hollywood Blacklist. The blacklist would not end until 1960.<\/p>\n

You can find out more by reading,\u00a0Tender comrades: a backstory of the Hollywood blacklist. (<\/em>PN1590.B5 M35 1997) which may be checked out from the Clark College General Collection.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

— Rosa Parks<\/a><\/p>\n

This week in 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, a demand made of her simply because she wasn’t “white”.\u00a0 While she wasn\u2019t the first person of color to be arrested for not doing so, her arrest started the Montgomery Bus Boycott<\/a>, a pivotal moment in civil rights history.<\/p>\n

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Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King4<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Learn more about her life and struggle by checking out, The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, <\/em> which may be found at (M753 P3883 2013)<\/p>\n

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1<\/sup> –https:\/\/fisher.usc.edu\/collections\/blacklist\/
\n2<\/sup> https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Nine_of_the_Hollywood_10_charged_with_contempt_of_Congress_1947.jpg
\n3<\/sup> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waldorf_Statement
\n4<\/sup> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rosa_Parks#\/media\/File:Rosaparks.jpg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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