Nicole Hill
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Essie's like, why is everybody on this committee white?
McCarthy's like, because we are who the American people voted for.
And she says, well, you know, Jim Crow is making it very hard for a lot of the American people to vote down South.
Maybe if they could, we wouldn't all be here wasting our time.
Paul testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
He's asked if he's a communist, why he loves Stalin so much, why he keeps criticizing America even though he's rich and famous.
His contempt for the committee is hilarious.
You should absolutely read the transcripts.
He reminds him that he's literally a lawyer.
If you'll recall, that's where all this started.
Plus, he's an orator and he's a genius.
And they're like, obviously, we forgot that.
Otherwise, we wouldn't have invited all these reporters in here.
If you can believe it, after these testimonies, they do not get their passports back.
After the hearings, the Robesons are declared anti-American communists.