Oral history interview with Leon Wofsy, 1994
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- Name
- Wofsy, Leon (Interviewee)
- Dorman, Joseph, 1958- (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Leon Wofsy, 1994
- Abstract
- Youth; father, founding member of Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA); organizer; Young Pioneers; City College of New York (CCNY) 1938-1942, politics, activities, relations between communists and Trotskyists, Jewish Marxist milieu, Rapp Coudert Hearings, anti-fascism; Young Communist League; American Student Union; United States Army 1943, ejection from; CP and Soviet Union; organizer Amer ican Youth for Democracy, Labor Youth League 1944-1956; Secretary Eugene Dennis; 1956 Krushchev speech, reactions to, reading of; leaves CP 1956; Cold War; House Committee on Un-American Activities hearings, appearance, Security Control Board; blacklisting, difficulties of employment; University of California, Berkeley 1964, Free Speech Movement (FSM); New Left; reflections on political career
- Collection Name
- Arguing the World oral history collection
- Subjects
- New York (N.Y.) Intellectual life 20th century; Wofsy, Leon
- Format
- oral histories; video recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1994
- Note (Biographical)
- Immunologist
- Note
- Interviewed by Joseph Dorman on August 14, 1994
- Note (Provenance)
- Joseph Dorman, Gift 1998
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 15145411
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-7wxn-xf15
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.