Blacklisted! : Hollywood, the Cold War, and the First Amendment by Brimner, Larry Dane 

BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2018)

BTSB #: 151911 Available

Dewey: 973.9/NAges: 12-16   
AR: 8.9 MG+ Lexile: 1230 F&P: Z+

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Subjects: United States.|bCongress.|bHouse.|bCommittee on Un-American Activities United States.|tConstitution.|n1st Amendment Communism Cold War Motion pictures - Production and direction Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Summary: Follows in vivid detail the story of nineteen men from the film industry who were investigated for suspected communist ties during the Cold War.

Growing up under a red flag : a memoir of surviving the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Compestine, Ying Chang 

BTSB Prebound(Rocky Pond Books, 2024)

BTSB #: 234329 Available

Dewey: 951.05/AAges: 6-9   
Lexile: 800

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Subjects: Compestine, Ying Chang Persecution Family life - China Physicians Communism China - History|y1949-1976

Summary: Ying Chang Compestine was a young girl in 1966 when Mao launched his Cultural Revolution to reclaim power and eliminate non-communist values in the country. It was a time of fear, mayhem, and scarcity that lasted until Mao's death ten years later, when Ying was thirteen. Through those ten harrowing years, Ying's parents found ways to secretly educate her and allow her dreams of visiting America to stay vibrant.