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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kate Payne

She was blacklisted during McCarthyism. Now she's speaking out against Florida's teaching standards

At 100 years old, Lee Grant knows the cost of McCarthyism better than almost anyone else on the planet.

One of the last surviving actors to be blacklisted during the anti-communist Red Scare, the Academy Award-winning performer is speaking out against Florida's new social studies teaching standards, which critics have warned are aimed at rewriting one of the most repressive chapters in American history.

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