House Un-American Activities Committee

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf congressional committee
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:HUAC
gptkbp:councilType gptkb:parliamentary_committee
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:political_repression
violations of civil liberties
gptkbp:dissolved 1975
gptkbp:established 1938
gptkbp:focus investigating alleged disloyalty and subversive activities
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label House Un-American Activities Committee
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Dies_Committee
gptkbp:notable_hearing gptkb:Hollywood_Ten
gptkb:investigation_of_the_Federal_Theatre_Project
gptkb:investigation_of_the_Institute_of_Pacific_Relations
gptkb:investigation_of_the_Screen_Writers_Guild
gptkb:investigation_of_the_Southern_Conference_for_Human_Welfare
investigation of the American Committee for the Protection of Foreign Born
investigation of the American Civil Liberties Union
investigation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
investigation of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
investigation of the American Youth Congress
investigation of the Boy Scouts of America
investigation of the Communist Party USA
investigation of the National Lawyers Guild
investigation of the National Maritime Union
investigation of the National Negro Congress
investigation of the Teachers Union
investigation of the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship
investigation of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union
investigation of the United Public Workers of America
investigation of the American Federation of Teachers
investigation of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkb:Francis_E._Walter
gptkb:J._Parnell_Thomas
gptkb:Martin_Dies_Jr.
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Alger_Hiss_case
gptkb:Hollywood_blacklist
Civil rights organizations
Communist infiltration in government
Labor unions
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Special_Committee_on_Un-American_Activities
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:McCarthyism
gptkb:Red_Scare
gptkbp:relatedOrganization gptkb:Senate_Internal_Security_Subcommittee
gptkbp:successor gptkb:House_Committee_on_the_Judiciary_Subcommittee_on_Civil_Rights_and_Civil_Liberties
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:David_Bohm
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4