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.