Social Inclusivity Quotes
Seeger had been a member of the Communist Party and had left it in 1950. See {635866} & {635867}. He was later called before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee and asked to reveal the names of others who had been members. In those days of the red scare and McCarthyism, most people asked to name names and not wanting to do so “took the 5th Amendment” and could not be forced to. Seeger as a matter of principle refused to plead the 5th Amendment because he was not afraid of incriminating himself and had done nothing criminal anyway. So he, a veteran of WWII, instead refused to answer citing his First Amendment right of freedom of association. There was no legal precedent for this, and he was indicted and convicted for Contempt of Congress. However, his conviction was overturned by the Federal Appeals court. Seeger had prevailed. His point of not liking some of the places almost always referred to places that were overt practitioners of racial segregation where they didn’t like him any more than he liked them.
