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Marcus Singer

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
Support
Civil Liberties
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Biography

Marcus Singer was a Cornell University zoologist indicted for contempt of Congress — at the same time as John Watkins in 1954 — for refusing to name past associates before the House Un-American Activities Committee. His conviction was reversed in July 1957 in the wake of the Supreme Court's Watkins ruling, and he was reinstated to the Cornell faculty.

Case

Charges: Contempt of Congress
Sentence: Conviction reversed Verdict as recorded: Convicted; reversed July 1957 after Watkins Charges as recorded: Contempt of Congress — for refusing to name associates before HUAC
Convicted: Yes