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Canada Lee: A Black Actor Blacklisted in Red Scare

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Published October 20, 2004 at 10:00 PM MDT

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African-American actor Canada Lee was among the first to be blacklisted during the McCarthy era. Producer Roy Hurst talks with Lee biographer Mona Smith, author of Becoming Something: The Story of Canada Lee.