Project Description
"Lost in the Red Scare" intervenes in a culture of forgetting that still prevails as a result of the McCarthyist “red scare” in US history and politics during the 1950s and early 1960s. While the power of the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities faded after successive challenges in the early 1960s, its impact on the way history is conceptualized endures. In contrast, Lost in the Red Scare, resurrects sundered historical connections between different generations and geographies of political activists and social movements. Connecting communist immigration activist Rose Chernin to her daughter, feminist author and psychiatrist Kim Chernin, illuminates the ways that particular questions about food, love, and power pervade histories of different social movements. The little-known story of Bill and Celia Pomeroy and the international campaign to free them from prison in the Philippines reveals new dimensions of transnational advocacy. Both projects are significant in recovering un- and under-examined historical archives as well as connections.
Tasks and Responsibilites
Continue developing research skills and delve into research using Proquest Historical Newspaper databases, as well as pursuing movement publications.
Desired Qualifications
None Listed.