Ben Carreathers

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1950s
State:Pennsylvania
Support
Communism Labor Organizing Communist Party USA
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Biography

Ben Carreathers was a Black Communist and steelworkers' organizer and one of the defendants known as the "Pittsburgh 6," prosecuted under the Smith Act during the McCarthy era. He was arrested in Pittsburgh in 1951 or 1952.

Case

Charges: Smith Act violation (advocating overthrow of the government)
Sentence: Unknown
Convicted: Arrested 1951–52, Pittsburgh, as one of the "Pittsburgh 6"

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