Jefferson Market Library

In Red Scare, New York Times reporter Clay Risen unfolds the gripping story of the political hysteria that gripped America in the 1940s and '50s, an era that continues to reverberate today. In his lecture, Risen will describe how New York City, including the Village itself, became a centerpoint of anti-Communist witch hunting – and a surprising source of resistance. "Risen tells his story with a punch and an economy that are at times almost Hemingwayesque," wrote the New York Times.