African-Americans, e.g. W.E.B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, Lorraine Hansberry 2.
Communists gain foothold in Hollywood a.
Mostly from screenwriters, e.g. Lawson, Trumbo, Cole and actors like Sterling Hayden 1. A. Problem addressed by Mission to Moscow 1. 1917-41, overall US hostility to USSR 2. Some sympathy for Nazi Germany by e.g. Henry Ford, Chas. Part of Hitler s appeal, as expressed in Mein Kampf , is that he will squash Communism. However, many in US hostile to USSR c.