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Title:	Blacklisted: An American Story
Date:	6/13/2025 - 10/19/2025
Address:	The New York Historical, 170 Central Park West, at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street), New York, NY 10024
Location:	New York, NY
Hours:	Tuesday – Sunday: 11 am – 5 pm, Friday: 11 am – 8 pm
Cost/Cover:	free - $24
Web Page:	https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibitions/blacklisted-an-america ...
Contact Info:	(212) 873-3400

Details:

In 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) called Hollywood figures to testify about allegations of communist propaganda in American films. Although the committee never found any evidence, it held ten of the writers and directors in contempt of Congress and fined and sentenced them to prison. Hollywood responded by creating a self-imposed blacklist of those implicated in the proceedings, becoming the first mass employer to adopt a policy against employees whose political beliefs ran counter to prevailing orthodoxies. Blacklisted explores the intersection of politics, art, culture, and the social dynamics during Hollywood’s Red Scare through photographs, objects, and film. Personal narratives of the blacklisted “Hollywood Ten,” members of Congress, and film executives reveal different approaches to what it means to be a patriotic American. The exhibition also explores how Broadway and New York’s theatre community responded at a time when art and artistic expression were no longer protected.