Archiving the Red Scare in New York’s Schools and Colleges

The 1940s Rapp-Coudert Committee Investigating Subversive Activity in the New York School System Ava Rosenstein, Guest Author Between 1940-1943, the Rapp-Coudert Committee was a legislative body tasked with investigating subversive activities in the New York State education system. Spearheaded by Assemblyman Herbert A. Rapp and Senator Frederic Coudert Jr., the committee primarily targeted universities and […]

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