Hollywood Blacklist
Norman Lear on refusing to front for blacklisted writers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G4xWLtHf2E?rel=0

Screenwriter Norman Lear recalls being asked to take credit for the work of blacklisted screenwriters during the 1940's and 1950's. Many screenwriters and directors were blacklisted from working in Hollywood for refusing to name the names of potential communists during at House Committee on Un-American Activities.

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