House Un-American Activities Committee

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committee of the United States House of Representatives congressional committee

The House Un-American Activities Committee was a U.S. House of Representatives committee best known for investigating alleged communist influence and subversive activities, particularly in Hollywood and other cultural institutions, during the mid-20th century.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
House Un-American Activities Committee canonical 13
House Un-American Activities Committee hearings 6
Special Committee on Un-American Activities 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf committee of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
congressional committee ⓘ
activeDuring Cold War ⓘ
McCarthyism ⓘ
surface form: Second Red Scare
appliesToJurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
archivesAt National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
areaOfInterest Nazi activities in the United States ⓘ
communism ⓘ
fascism ⓘ
loyalty of federal employees ⓘ
subversive organizations ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
criticizedFor chilling effect on free speech ⓘ
contributing to blacklisting in Hollywood ⓘ
use of guilt by association ⓘ
violations of civil liberties ⓘ
dissolved 1975 ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasMainTask investigation of alleged communist influence ⓘ
investigation of alleged subversive activities ⓘ
investigation of disloyalty to the United States ⓘ
investigation of propaganda activities ⓘ
inception 1938 ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
namedAfter Martin Dies Jr. ⓘ
notableMember Francis E. Walter ⓘ
J. Parnell Thomas ⓘ
John Rankin ⓘ
Martin Dies Jr. ⓘ
Richard Nixon ⓘ
originallyNamed Dies Committee ⓘ
House Un-American Activities Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Special Committee on Un-American Activities
partOf United States House of Representatives ⓘ
replacedBy House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights ⓘ
United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence ⓘ
surface form: House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
shortName House Un-American Activities Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: HUAC
significantEvent House Un-American Activities Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Alger Hiss hearings

McCarthyism ⓘ
surface form: Hollywood blacklist investigations

investigation of the Hollywood Ten ⓘ
investigations of alleged communist infiltration in government ⓘ
investigations of alleged communist influence in education ⓘ
investigations of alleged communist influence in labor unions ⓘ
investigations of alleged communist influence in the entertainment industry ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction investigative jurisdiction ⓘ
usedMethod contempt of Congress citations ⓘ
public hearings ⓘ
subpoena power ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elia Kazan → testifiedBefore → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
Harry Dexter White → subjectOf → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Un-American Activities Committee testimony
Howard Da Silva → blacklistContext → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hollywood blacklist
After the Fall → inspiredBy → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Un-American Activities Committee hearings
Lillian Hellman → wroteLetterTo → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
House Un-American Activities Committee → shortName → House Un-American Activities Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: HUAC
House Un-American Activities Committee → originallyNamed → House Un-American Activities Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Special Committee on Un-American Activities
House Un-American Activities Committee → significantEvent → House Un-American Activities Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alger Hiss hearings
Gitlow was a socialist political activist → testifiedBefore → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
subject surface form: Benjamin Gitlow
Hallie Flanagan → subjectOf → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Un-American Activities Committee hearings
Executive Order 9835 → linkedTo → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Un-American Activities Committee investigations
Hazel Scott → testifiedBefore → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
A King in New York → satirizes → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
Whittaker Chambers → participantIn → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Un-American Activities Committee hearings
Ring Lardner Jr. → participantIn → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Un-American Activities Committee hearings
Scoundrel Time → mainSubject → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
Guilty by Suspicion → narrativeFocus → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
Robert Rossen → subjectOf → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Un-American Activities Committee hearings
Martin Berkeley → participatedIn → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Un-American Activities Committee hearings
Abraham Polonsky → testifiedBefore → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
Abraham Polonsky → refusedToNameNamesBefore → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
Dies Committee → officialName → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Special Committee on Un-American Activities
Dies Committee → followedBy → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
A Life → mainSubject → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
J. Parnell Thomas → member of → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
Trumbo → portrays → House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ