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The Red Scare Comes to U-M

May 16, 2024

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Read time:

5-15 mins

The University of Michigan has a long-buried history of McCarthyism. First documented in 1989, by then-student filmmaker Adam Kulakow, this article from the Bentley Historical Library explores the brave fight for academic freedom by Mathematics Professor Chandler Davis and the lessons of yesterday that still resonate today.

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