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The American Yawp Reader, Paul Robeson's Appearance Before the House Un-American Activities Committee (1956)
The American Yawp Reader, Chapter 25 (The Cold War). 'Paul Robeson's Appearance Before the House Un-American Activities Committee (1956).' Excerpts from the June 12, 1956 hearing.
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- Record
- history-matters-paul-robeson-huac-testimony-1956
- Type
- archive
- Trust tier
- B
- Status
- published
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Reader reprint of excerpts from Paul Robeson’s June 12, 1956 testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. The reprint prints “you are the un-Americans, and you ought to be ashamed of yourselves” with a comma that the printed hearing record does not carry; the casefile now quotes the record itself (huac-unauthorized-use-of-passports-part-3-1956).
Provenance
- Creator
- The American Yawp Reader
- Published
- 1956
- Accessed
- 2026-10-01
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