TIL Bill Cosby, Gene Hackman, Eartha Kitt, Burt Lancaster, Steve McQueen, and Barbra Streisand were some of the names on Nixon's "Enemies List" - eviltoast
  • DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Fantastic share and a very interesting read. Lady Bird feels like the 60s version of Nancy Reagan. I need to read more about it. Thanks!

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      3 months ago

      I don’t know the specifics of why Nixon thought Eartha Kitt was an 'enemy.

      Nixon got his start as a Congressman on the House Un-American Activities Committee. He was doing the same thing as McCarthy was doing in the Senate, and as a California boy he was tuned into Hollywood.