Eartha Kitt was on his list?! WTF did she do? I skimmed through her Wikipedia page, and the only thing I could see was that she was an activist in helping underprivileged inner city kids, and she called out politicians for not doing more to help them as part of that work.
I don’t know the specifics of why Nixon thought Eartha Kitt was an 'enemy.
Nixon got his start as a Congressman on the House Un-American Activities Committee. He was doing the same thing as McCarthy was doing in the Senate, and as a California boy he was tuned into Hollywood.
Eartha Kitt was on his list?! WTF did she do? I skimmed through her Wikipedia page, and the only thing I could see was that she was an activist in helping underprivileged inner city kids, and she called out politicians for not doing more to help them as part of that work.
Was Fred Rogers also on Nixon’s list?
Eartha once called out Lady Bird Johnson and nearly lost her career.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/02/16/eartha-kitt-and-lady-bird-johnson-vietnam/321602002/
Fantastic share and a very interesting read. Lady Bird feels like the 60s version of Nancy Reagan. I need to read more about it. Thanks!
I don’t know the specifics of why Nixon thought Eartha Kitt was an 'enemy.
Nixon got his start as a Congressman on the House Un-American Activities Committee. He was doing the same thing as McCarthy was doing in the Senate, and as a California boy he was tuned into Hollywood.
https://youtu.be/SS02GeKuWQ4