Scales, Junius Irving
Variant namesFormer Communist Party leader.
From the description of Reminiscences of Junius Scales : oral history, 1988. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86131826
Junius Irving Scales (1920- ), native of Greensboro, N.C., and graduate of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, was Communist Party chair for North and South Carolina, 1948-1956.
From the description of Junius Irving Scales papers, 1940-1978 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 38149673
Junius Scales, 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 the guide to the Junius Irving Scales Papers, 1940-1978, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)
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| creatorOf | Junius Irving Scales Papers, 1940-1978 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection | |
| creatorOf | Scales, Junius. Reminiscences of Junius Scales : oral history, 1988. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Scales, Junius Irving. Junius Irving Scales papers, 1940-1978 [manuscript]. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| referencedIn | Herbert Aptheker Papers, 1842-1999, (bulk 1934-1994) | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | McNeill Smith Papers, 1937-1999 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection |
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| associatedWith | Aptheker, Herbert | person |
| associatedWith | Chafe, William Henry, | person |
| associatedWith | Communist Party of the United States of America. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Communist Party of the United States of America. Carolina District | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | International Union of Students. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Lowenstein, Allard K. (Allard Kenneth), 1929-1980. | person |
| associatedWith | Progressive Party (U.S. : 1948) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Smith, McNeill. | person |
| associatedWith | Smith, McNeill. | person |
| associatedWith | United States National Student Association. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | University of North Carolina (1793-1962) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. | corporateBody |
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Person
Birth 1920-03-26
Death 2002-08-05
