[Peace-discuss] The blacklist at Urbana-Champaign, an interesting talk

[carol inskeep]

Perhaps this talk on the local history of McCarthyism is of interest to some on this list...  cpi

>On behalf of Dean Kalantzis and the College of Education, I want to 
>invite all of you to a special public lecture and reception with Dr. 
>Courtney Cazden, Professor Emerita, Harvard Graduate School of 
>Education and a 1953 College alumna.
>
>McCarthyism, Blacklists and Urbana-Champaign:
>A Community's Stand for Civil Liberties and One Family's Difficult
Experience
>
>Where: Krannert Art Museum Auditorium
>When:   4:00pm, Tuesday, April 17, 2007
>
>Dr. Cazden is returning to the campus to talk about her experiences, 
>both personal and as part of the local community, when 
>McCarthy-driven, anti-communist legislation was introduced in 
>Illinois in the spring of 1953. Thanks in large part to a small group 
>of local public organizers that included Dr. Cazden, the legislation 
>was defeated. However, the impacts of McCarthyism weren't restricted 
>to the legislative arena in our state. Later that spring, Dr. 
>Cazden's husband, Norman, was denied tenure and dismissed from the 
>University based on anonymously-presented evidence of communist 
>activity. He would later be summoned to testify before the House 
>Un-American Activities Committee.
>
>We have the very special opportunity to hear a first-hand account of 
>an important chapter of University history and to get a glimpse at 
>what can happen, good and bad, to a family is caught in the middle of 
>a conflict between civil liberties and zealous patriotism. More 
>information about Dr. Cazden and her public talk is available at: 
>www.ed.uiuc.edu/news/2007/cazden.html
>
>This is a rare look into a time and a climate that to many of us is a 
>sort of lost part of the University of Illinois past. We hope you'll 
>be able to join us on Tuesday, April 17, and rediscover it through 
>the words of Dr. Courtney Cazden.
>
>


       
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