Ever hear of HUAC?  That is the House Un-American Activities Committee…….that witch hunt perpetrated by one Sen. Joe McCarthy.  This hunt ruined many lives in the process….everyone was guilty until proven innocent and many were never proven innocent…..

Folk Singer Pete Seeger was called to testify before this committee…..his testimony is recorded below….read and enjoy……

House Un-American Activities Committee, August 18, 1955.

Seeger was black balled by this group and was sentenced to prison for contempt of Congress…he fought it and eventually won his acquittal in 1962 (I believe)…..