(History.com Staff 2016) They went after many Hollywood film professionals who were thought to be inspired by the communist party. The group initially sought after ten writers and directors as suspected people in entertainment spreading Communist propaganda into films. These 10 men were known after as the “Hollywood Ten”. The Hollywood Ten would neither confirm nor deny the acquisition about them being member of the Communist Party, therefore leading to them being reprimanded by the House of Representatives for lack of cooperation. One of the ten would go on to cooperate and was allowed to work again, and the rest were blacklisted, which is a list exchanged among employers, containing the names of people barred from employment because of untrustworthiness. (Dictionary.com 2016) Some that were blacklisted left the country and
(History.com Staff 2016) They went after many Hollywood film professionals who were thought to be inspired by the communist party. The group initially sought after ten writers and directors as suspected people in entertainment spreading Communist propaganda into films. These 10 men were known after as the “Hollywood Ten”. The Hollywood Ten would neither confirm nor deny the acquisition about them being member of the Communist Party, therefore leading to them being reprimanded by the House of Representatives for lack of cooperation. One of the ten would go on to cooperate and was allowed to work again, and the rest were blacklisted, which is a list exchanged among employers, containing the names of people barred from employment because of untrustworthiness. (Dictionary.com 2016) Some that were blacklisted left the country and