John Henry Faulk was the poster boy for the end of McCarthyism. Joe McCarthy is the senator who went after suspected communists in Government, Hollywood, and Acedemia in the 50's.
Posts from ShortGrub in thread „Take Me Back to the FIFTIES!“
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Had an interesting table talk with the In-laws about the 50's. Anyone remember John Henry Faulk?
He was the radio guy accused of communist leaning and blacklisted so CBS fired him. I finally got his book to read because my Wife's grandfather was the grocery store owner from Syracuse who was named in the 1962 lawsuit against AWARE, Inc.
My Mo-Inlaw insists her Father never could be what Faulk's book or the press say, but I have most of his book collection and it is conservative and tight as a penny pinchers wallet. He wrote in many of his books and he had no love for a communist. The ACLU hated him, his personal letters were intense verbal battles with their lawyers.
