Episode 39: The Case of Alex B. Novikoff

The most noteworthy expression of McCarthyism in Vermont involved the University of Vermont’s 1953 firing of Professor Alex B. Novikoff for the “crime” of invoking the Fifth Amendment before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.

For more background on this episode, please visit: https://vermonthistory.org/case-of-alex-b-novikoff-1953