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Frank Collier

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Massachusetts
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
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Biography

Frank Collier was a Boston Communist arrested in 1954 in the New England roundup of Smith Act defendants during the McCarthy era. He was charged with conspiring to advocate the overthrow of the U.S. government.

Case

Charges: Smith Act — conspiring to advocate the overthrow of the U.S. government
Sentence: Charged under the Smith Act
Convicted: Arrested 1954