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Herman Liveright

Released
Date of birth:11. 01. 1912
Date of death:19. 01. 2001
Age:89† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Louisiana
Support
Civil Liberties
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Biography

Herman Liveright was a former New Orleans television programmer (WDSU) cited and then indicted for contempt of Congress in 1956 for declining, on grounds other than the Fifth Amendment, to tell the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee whether he had ever been a Communist.

Case

Charges: Contempt of Congress
Sentenced: Mar 22, 1957
Incarcerated: Mar 22, 1957