Prelude to McCarthyism: The Making of a Blacklist
It originated with Truman’s Executive Order 9835, which required that all federal civil service employees be screened for “loyalty.” The so-called “Attorney General’s List of Subversive Organizations” (AGLOSO) was one of the most central and widely publicized aspects of the post–World War II Red Scare, which has popularly become known as “McCarthyism.” AGLOSO burst into[…]