Emanuel Fried

Released
Date of birth:01. 03. 1913
Date of death:25. 02. 2011
Age:97† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
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Emanuel Fried

Biography

Emanuel Fried was a Buffalo union leader who challenged a House Un-American Activities Committee subcommittee during the McCarthy era. He was cited for contempt of Congress for refusing, on First and Fifth Amendment grounds, to answer the committee.

Case

Charges: Contempt of Congress
Sentence: Cited for contempt of Congress Charges as recorded: Contempt of Congress — for refusing, on First/Fifth Amendment grounds, to answer a Congressional committee
Convicted: Cited 1954

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