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Nat Ganley

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

Nat Ganley was a Detroit Communist Party leader and auto-union figure prosecuted under the Smith Act during the McCarthy era. He was convicted in 1954 of 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: Convicted under the Smith Act
Convicted: Yes