Greenbelt Will Celebrate Black History through Arts in February
The theme for this year’s Black History Month programs is African Americans and the Arts. Black Americans, Caribbeans and Africans have contributed to fashion, literature, spoken word, dance, visual and performing arts, painting/fine arts, architecture, music and many other artistic … Read More
The Impact of the 1950s Red Scare On Greenbelt: Chasanow and East
The five-volume set of transcripts for the McCarthy hearings of 1953-1954 were kept sealed for 50 years. They are now available online at https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/investigations/mccarthy-and-army-mccarthy-hearings.htm. Two prominent Greenbelters, Abraham Chasanow and Sherwood East, were among the casualties of McCarthy and his … Read More