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 * Biography:** Arthur Miller was born in Harlem, New York City and shortly after he was born his family moved to a building at 45110th between Lenox and Fifth Avenues. His father was Jewish and was from Poland. His mother was from New York, but her farther was originally from Poland like Arthur father. Do to the misfortune of his dad losing his Clothing Manufacturer and Shopkeeper, they had to move to a small home in Brooklyn. After graduating from high school in 1932 he worked at an automobile parts warehouse until he had enough money for college. After he read the novel //The Brothers Karamazov// by Dostoesky he was influenced to become a writer. He went to the University of MIchigan to study Journalism in 1934. Where he won the a playwriting award at the college. After graduating from college in 1938, he moved back to New York. When he moved back to New York he he joined the Federal Theatre Project and the he started writing for NBC and CBS. After that he wrote four screenplays for broadway, seven short plays, and three books. For his play //The Crucible// that gave him the most trouble because he wrote the play about an allegory to McCarthyism and the U.S government blacklisted accused communist . He also married Marlin Monroe.


 * The Red Scare 1947-57:**
 * Started after WWII
 * Caused the fear in Americans of communism
 * Communism- i s a social structure in which, theoretically, classes are abolished and property is commonly controlled
 * Americans thought communist were going to takeover
 * They thought that the democratic government was going to be taken over and switched to a communist government
 * They also feared that spies of other countries had found out how to make the atomic bombs and they were afraid of bombing in the US


 * The Red Scare and Arthur Miller**
 * Miller admitted going to Communist meetings but denied the fact he was a communist in the past
 * He later attended more after that and signed many appeals and protests
 * He was then pinned for being a communist
 * He refused to give up names of other members that attended his meetings
 * He was arrested for this but he served no more than 30 days because his case was over turned


 * Links:**

[] New York Times Article

[] Time line of Life

[] Arthur to the Red Scare

[] Arthur Miller to the Red Scare