Taken from Monthly Review online magazine, “MRZine” Feb. 19, 2010
Parks was called to testify before HUAC on March 21, 1951, not long after attaining stardom in two biopics about Al Jolson. Parks told the congressional Committee: “Being a member of the Communist Party fulfilled certain needs of a young man who was . . . idealistic . . . for the underprivileged, the underdog.” Read the rest of this entry »
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