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Barbara Boxer: “I would argue that when people were blacklisted in the fifties the movie industry will tell you that it was for business…”

On the recordJuly 8, 2003
I would argue that when people were blacklisted in the fifties the movie industry will tell you that it was for business purposes.
Said by
Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California
Source
congress.gov
Jul 8, 2003

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Senator Boxer discusses the historical context of blacklisting in relation to business decisions.

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