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Lawrence Journal World in Lawrence, Kansas

18 May 2003

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Lawrence Journal World

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Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

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May 18, 2003

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4

Hughes faced McCarthyism years after his fame

The transcripts released from secret McCarthy hearings reveal Langston Hughes denying party membership while recalling his youthful leftist leanings. He described public and private stances, including a defense of keeping his early writings in libraries to show diverse opinion, and his struggles with leftist peers.

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Hughes Communist Party United States Lawrence Senate Aaron Copland Eslanda Goode Robeson Paul Robeson McCarthy U.S. Senate Donald Ritchie Kenneth Wheatley Buford M. Watson Arnold Rampersad Rampersad Stanford University Nickelodeon Senators Steve Jansen Bowersock Opera House Bill Tuttle Kansas University Tuttle
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Hughes Testifies Before McCarthy Panel About Communism

Langston Hughes testified March 24, 1953 before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations led by Sen. Joseph McCarthy. He confronted questions on his past writings including Scottsboro Limited and Ballads of Lenin, defending his poetry as character driven satire while noting his personal growth and belief that oppression of African Americans informs his work.

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McCarthy Committee Rampersad Hughes McCarthy Dashiell Hammett Roy Cohn Sen Everett M. Dirksen Illinois Cohn Lawrence New York Jansen City Hall Langston Hughes House Un-American Activities Committee Washington, D.C Senate Investigations Subcommittee Communist Party U.S. Senate Subcommittee Joseph McCarthy R-Wis R-N David Schine Colin Scottsboro Limited Sen. Dirksen Christ Jesus Marx Lenin Stalin Germany
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