Patricia Blau

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Colorado
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
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Biography

Patricia Blau was a Denver Communist arrested under the Smith Act in August 1954 during the McCarthy era. She was also tried, and acquitted, of harboring fugitive Robert Thompson.

Case

Charges: Smith Act — conspiring to advocate the overthrow of the U.S. government
Sentence: Acquitted of the harboring charge
Convicted: Indicted 1954; acquitted of separate charge of harboring fugitive Robert Thompson

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