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Sen. Joseph McCarthy, (R-WI) |
WCSP FM Radio 90.1, aired a special five-day series focusing on the Army-McCarthy hearings, beginning Monday, August 21 through Friday, August 25 at 4pm ET each day.
The series began Monday with a Booknotes interview featuring Arthur Herman, author of
Joseph McCarthy: Reexamining the Life and Legacy of America's Most Hated Senator.
Then, concluded Friday with a LIVE call-in program featuring discussion on the hearings & the impact of McCarthyism on society.
C-SPAN Radio 90 simulcast LIVE in  here on C-SPAN.ORG
Programming Schedule:
Beginning at 4pm ET each day on WCSP 90.1 FM
Monday, August 21, 2000
Booknotes with Arthur Herman, author of Joseph McCarthy: Reexamining The Life and Legacy of America's Most Hated Senator
Watch | Transcript | Archive
Forum on McCarthyism from February 2000 at the Eisenhower Center in New Orleans, moderated by Doug Brinkley. - Listen
Tuesday, August 22 - Thursday, August 24
Audio from three select days of the Army/McCarthy hearings from April-June, 1954. Featuring interviews with Don Ritchie of the United States Senate Historian's Office at the beginning & end of each program:
- Tuesday: Opening of hearings, April 22, 1954 - Listen
- Wednesday: Audio from April 30, 1954 - Listen
- Thursday: Audio from June 9, 1954 - Listen
Friday, August 25
LIVE Call-In program on C-SPAN & WCSP Radio 90 at 4pm ET - Watch the entire program
Guests include:
John Earl Haynes, twentieth-century political historian at the Library of Congress & author of numerous works on Communist espionage & the Cold War.
Allen Weinstein, President & CEO, The Center for Democracy and winner of the United Nations Peace Medal (1986) & The Council of Europe's Silver Medal (1990, 1996).
Phone interviews:
James Symington, fmr. counsel in the office of the Secretary of the Army, son of subcmte. member Stuart Symington, & himself a former congressman
Norman Dorsen, New York Univ., Law Professor
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Newspaper Articles
from 1954
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The Evening Star
"General's Charges of Pressure To Get Comission for Schine Draw Challenge From McCarthy"
The Washington Post
Times Herald
"McCarthy and Aides Perverted Power To Force Promotion of David Schine, Stevens Testifies in Army Inquiry"
Los Angeles Times
"Army Head Raps M'Carthy-Cohn Tactics"
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