Scales, Junius Irving

Authoritative Name:

Scales, Junius Irving

Biography:

"Junius Scales (1920-2002), a native of Greensboro, N.C., and graduate of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, was the chair of the Communist Party of North Carolina and South Carolina from 1948 to 1956. He was the first individual imprisoned under the Smith Act for membership in the Communist Party and suspected plotting to overthrow the United States government. He served fourteen months before his sentence was commuted by President John F. Kennedy. A play was written in 1976 about his trial." --From Junius Irving Scales Papers Inventory, Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Southern Historical Collection

Associated Subjects:

Scales, Junius Irving--Trials, litigation, etc.

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles Greensboro Public Library (Greensboro, N.C.)

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Oral history interview with McNeill Smith

Creator:

Smith, John McNeill, 1918-

Date of Original:

1977-03-07

Collection:

Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles

Contributing Institution:

Greensboro Public Library (Greensboro, N.C.)