Answer to Question #112394 in History for raheem

Question

How was the actor Ronald Reagan (future Gov. of Calif. and U.S. President) involved in the blacklisting?

Answer 1

While blacklisting was instituted by the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947 to block screenwriters and other Hollywood professionals who were purported to have Communist sympathies from obtaining employment, Reagan and Disney portrayed the labor struggles solely in terms of a battle between forces for and against Communism.