A new Big Ten Network documentary unearths four, never-before-seen stories which follow individuals or programs at U of I affected by harsh Cold War politics following WWII. Illinois music professor Norman Cazden is called in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Illinois English professor Charles Shattuck quarrels with radical communists invading the Student-Community Interracial Committee. University President George Stoddard (1946-53) faces political pressure from local legislators and is accused of harboring communists on campus. College of Fine and Applied Arts Dean Kevin Hamilton and Illinois communication professor Ned O’Gorman uncover a secret Hollywood studio creating mass propaganda in their book, Lookout America!: The Secret of the Hollywood Studio at the Heart of the Cold War. The show culminates in a behind-the-scenes look at the Krannert Art Museum exhibit, Hot Spots: Radioactivity and the Landscape”.
Full Details: https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/1613627053
To learn more:
Student Life and Culture Archival Program of the University of Illinois Archives: https://archives.library.illinois.edu/slcold/researchguides/coldwar/civilrights/integration.php
Lookout America!: The Secret Hollywood Studio at the Heart of the Cold War: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/L/bo44434986.html
Krannert Art Museum: https://kam.illinois.edu/krannert-art-museum
University of Buffalo Art Gallery, originally curated by Jennie Lamensdorf and Joan Linder: https://ubartgalleries.buffalo.edu/exhibitions/hot-spots-radioactivity-and-the-landscape/
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