1. Tomson Highway and Michel Tremblay
During the 1940s and 1950s there was a "witch hunt" against so called communists in America, led by Joseph McCarthy. In 1947 the House Un-American Activities Committee started an investigation of suspected Communists in the film industry. ... Everyone suspected that Communists would try to gain access to the minds of Americans through motion picture industry because of its influence on so many people. ... Many of those suspected were government workers, college professors, playwrights, Hollywood screenwriters, actors and actresses, artists, musicians, religious minorities such as Jewish pe...
He was one of the greatest leaders in American History. ... He had a lasting influence on American political institutions, most importantly in setting the precedent of vigorous executive action in time of national emergency. ... He also studied books on grammar and acquired a lifelong taste for the poetry of English poet and playwright William Shakespeare. ... But, almost immediately, Governor John Reynolds of Illinois called for volunteers to put down a rebellion of the Native American Sauk and Fox peoples led by Chief Black Hawk. ...