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Cedric Belfrage
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Journalist Cedric Belfrage, a co-founder of the "National Guardian," a weekly progressive newspaper. Belfrage, a British national, was later deported for his failure to testify about alleged Communist associations to the McCarthy committee.
1948
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Belfrage at Moscow Synagogue
1956
Cedric Belfrage, co-editor and founder of the "National Guardian," visiting a Moscow synagogue after his deportation from the United States. Belfrage was deported for his refusal to testify to the ...
Belfrage in China
1957
Cedric Belfrage of the "National Guardian" visiting with China philosophers in Peking. Belfrage was the first western correspondent to visit mainland China since the revolution.
Farewell to Belfrage
1955
Farewell party for Cedric Belfrage of the "National Guardian" at the newspaper's office. Identified in the crowd is Paul Robeson, a longtime supporter of the paper, standing third from the left, an...
Belfrage and Robeson
1958
Cedric Belfrage (center), exiled editor of the "National Guardian," at a party for Paul Robeson. The man on the left is Canon Stanley Evans.
Belfrage Deportation
May 1953
Cedric Belfrage (facing the camera and wearing a tie) talks to the staff of the "National Guardian" about his appearance before the McCarthy Committee at which he invoked his Fifth Amendment right ...
James Aronson
1961
James A. Aronson, editor and founder of the "National Guardian," a weekly progressive newspaper. Standing behind him is John T. McManus, a co-founder of the paper. Although the photograph is undate...
