Hollywood - Red, White & Blue

During the Red Scare of the 1950s, many government workers lost their jobs because they were considered "security risks". That term covered a lot of territory including having relatives who had communist "sympathies". My mother was one of those fired. She was also one of the few to get reinstated with back pay and benefits.

Her brother, Jerry, was indeed a card carrying member of the Communist Party. What is more, as all of this began, he lived with my mother, father, brother and grandmothe...