In this Book

It Did Happen Here: Recollections of Political Repression in America

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Bud Schultz
1990
Published by: University of California Press
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In this moving book, two skilled oral historians collect the words of Americans who have been victims of political repression in their own country. Disturbing and provocative, It Did Happen Here is must-reading for everyone who cares about protecting the rights and liberties upon which this country has been built.

Table of Contents

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Cover

pp. 1-1

Title Page, Copyright

pp. i-vi

Contents

pp. vii-x

Preface

pp. xi-xiv

Foreword

pp. xv-xx

Part I: The Commandments of Repression

Introduction to Part I

pp. 3-4

Thou Shall Not Speak

pp. 5-12

Thou Shall Not Sing

pp. 13-22

Thou Shall Not Teach

pp. 23-34

Thou Shall Not Preach

pp. 35-46

Thou Shall Not Resist

pp. 47-58

Part II: The Method to the Madness

Introduction to Part II

pp. 61-64

The Steel Fist in a Pennsylvania Company 'Town

pp. 65-74

Forbidden Books on Trial

pp. 75-90

The Conspiracy to Oppose the Vietnam War

pp. 91-100

The Beginning: The Hollywood Ten

pp. 101-116

To Swing a Union Election

pp. 117-126

To Smear a Professor

pp. 127-140

There's No Business Like Show Business

pp. 141-152

He Said No to Joe

pp. 153-158

The Palmer Raids: The Deportation Mania Begins

pp. 159-164

The Ordeal of the Loyalty Test

pp. 165-174

A Purple Heart Was Not Enough

pp. 175-182

Forbidden Utterances: Reason Enough for Exclusion

pp. 183-194

The Wilmington Ten: Prisoners of Conscience

pp. 195-212

War Against the American Nation

pp. 213-230

Part III: The Face of a Police State

Introduction to Part III

pp. 233-236

The Everett Massacre, 1916

pp. 237-248

The Orangeburg Massacre, 1968

pp. 249-262

FBI Crackdown on Opposition to HUAC

pp. 263-278

The FBI's Southern Strategies

pp. 279-288

The Grand Jury: An Extension of FBI Authority

pp. 289-302

The Lawlessness of the LAPD Red Squad

pp. 303-318

Undercover Agents' War on Vietnam Veterans

pp. 319-334

The Greensboro Massacre: Police-Vigilante Nexus

pp. 335-346

In Defense of the Constitution

pp. 347-360

Part IV: The High Cost of Winning

Introduction to Part IV

pp. 363-364

Turning the Tables on Government Raiders

pp. 365-376

Exposing the Informer Racket

pp. 377-392

Bringing the Blacklisters to Account

pp. 393-408

A Final Word

pp. 409-414

Notes

pp. 415-422

For Background Reading

pp. 423-427
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