george crockett later became a congressman from detroit. was part of a integrated law firm in detroit before there were really anywhere else. and he was a leftist but not a communist ever. but he believed deeply in protecting the rights of controversial minority groups. the same rights are due to members of the communist party have been denied to african-americans so he saw a connection between the two. he wrote a statement called "freedom is everyone's business." that was his strong sort of manifesto defense of why he was defending communists even if he didn't agree with them because he saw the same dangers that could go against anyone else. brian: the former mayor of detroit, coleman young. david: you could write a entire book but he was called before the committee in those same hearings in 1952 as my father. he had the same lawyer, george crockett and coleman young turned those hearings on end. he was not a member of the communist party, he was from a lot of communists as part of the radical movement early in the united autoworkers. but

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