Robert Thompson and Benjamin Davis during the

Robert Thompson and Benjamin Davis during the Foley Square Trial of American Communists in 1949. 11 were tried and convicted under the Smith Act, a statute which imposed penalties on those who advocated violent overthrow of the government. (BSLOC_2014_13_66)

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Advocated Anti Communism Anti-communism Communists Convicted Convictions Foley Imposed Imprisonment Lcgr1409 Leftists Marxists Overthrow Penalties Prosecutions Reds Rs4wn Scare Sentences Statute Subversives Supporters Tried Violent

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