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Annie Lee Moss (August 9, 1905 – January 15, 1996) was a communications clerk in the US Army Signal Corps in the Pentagon and alleged member of the American Communist Party.
Feb 13, 2021 · Annie Lee Moss was a Pentagon clerk and a Communist Party member who faced multiple investigations and suspensions during the Red Scare. She was portrayed as a helpless and ignorant victim by Edward R. Murrow, but her activism was erased in the process.
Here I revisit the careers of Annie Lee Moss, as a black woman living out the early Cold War in Washington, D.C., and as a public figure in the debates about Mc Carthyism, to illuminate how limited the possibilities were for imagining African Ameri
Sep 1, 2007 · Here I revisit the careers of Annie Lee Moss, as a black woman living out the early Cold War in Washington, D.C., and as a public figure in the debates about McCarthyism, to illuminate how limited the possibilities were for imagining African American citizenship in the postwar years.
- Andrea Friedman
- 2007
Oct 1, 2010 · It was March 11, 1954. The witness was Annie Lee Moss, a civilian teletype operator for the U. S. Army in Washington, D.C. The hearing was con- vened by the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. And the man asking her ques- tions was none other than Senator Joseph McCarthy.
- Benjamin Aloe, Carl R. Weinberg
- 2010
Mar 11, 2008 · A biography of Annie Lee Moss, an African American woman who was accused of being a Communist by Senator Joe McCarthy in 1954. Learn how she was exonerated by Edward R. Murrow and the Army, and how her case is relevant to the debate on McCarthy's legacy.
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Annie Lee Moss (August 9, 1905 – January 15, 1996) was a communications clerk in the US Army Signal Corps in the Pentagon and alleged member of the American Communist Party.
