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Trailer for "The Lavender Scare"

Josh Howard recently unveiled his trailer for the documentary "The Lavender Scare," which will be a reminder that in the 1950s, in addition to communists, the Red Scare hysteria extended to homosexuals in the government. Thousands lost their jobs. The documentary, which I wrote about here, is based on the book by David K. Johnson.

 

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