Faulk, John Henry (1913-1990)

US folklorist, and radio and television performer. A radio and television storyteller, his career was destroyed when, under McCarthyism, when he was accused of little more than being opposed to anticommunism. His successful libel suit in 1962 effectively ended blacklisting in the entertainment industry.

He was born in Austin, Texas. He wrote Fear on Trial (1964) about his experiences under the anticommunist witch-hunt and, in later years, he lectured on First Amendment issues.