Photo of Playwright Arthur Miller after the reversal of his conviction for contempt on refusing to name alleged Communist writers to House Un-American Activities Committee in Aug 1958

1958: Arthur Miller cleared of contempt | BBC

Washington’s Court of Appeals has quashed playwright Arthur Miller’s conviction for contempt of Congress after a two-year legal battle.

In May last year, a judge convicted Mr Miller for refusing to tell the House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) the names of alleged Communist writers with whom he attended five or six meetings in New York in 1947.

[ . . . ]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/7/newsid_2946000/2946420.stm

o o o

see more at:

Tender Comrades: A Backstory of The Hollywood Blacklist by Patrick McGilligan & Paul Buhle (St Martins Press) 1997