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Saul Grossman

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

Saul Grossman was the executive secretary of the Michigan Committee for Protection of the Foreign Born, convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over his organization's records to the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1952. The U.S. Court of Appeals reversed his conviction in January 1956.

Case

Charges: Contempt of Congress
Sentence: Conviction reversed Verdict as recorded: Convicted; reversed by the Court of Appeals January 1956 Charges as recorded: Contempt of Congress — for refusing to surrender organization records to HUAC
Convicted: Yes