Born in 1948, John Marvin Pope graduated from the University of Texas at Austin (UT) with a B.A. in 1970 and M.A. in history in 1972. During his time at UT, he worked as a journalist for The Daily Texan. Inspired by the experience of humorist and radio broadcaster John Henry Faulk, Pope's master's thesis, "Trial Without Jury: Blacklisting in Broadcasting," explores the issue of blacklisting in the media during the period after the Second World War known as the Second Red Scare. Pope buttressed his thesis by including firsthand accounts from blacklisted media figures that appeared in Red Channels, published in 1951 by the journal Counterattack to identify dozens of Hollywood figures and their purported affiliations with groups or statements that supported communism. Pope later worked as a higher education journalist for the Times-Picayune in New Orleans, Louisiana.
From the guide to the John M. Pope Papers 91-345;91-346;92-383; 94-314; 96-094; 97-005. 76707277., 1950-1996, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)
