▁Single ▁Program ▁Award ▁by ▁the ▁National ▁Conference ▁for ▁Community ▁and ▁Justice , ▁for ▁“ prom otion ▁of ▁mut ual ▁toler ance ▁between ▁people ▁of ▁different ▁races ▁and ▁relig ions ,” ▁and ▁thereby ▁caused ▁quite ▁a ▁stir ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁the ▁era ▁of ▁black list ing , ▁especially ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁articles ▁in ▁both ▁Time ▁and ▁Life ▁mag az ines . ▁“ With out ▁scen ery , ▁well - known ▁actors ▁or ▁advance ▁fan fare ,” ▁wrote ▁Time ▁in ▁its ▁issue ▁dated ▁June ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁“ C ame o ▁Theater … ▁last ▁week ▁presented ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁exc iting ▁plays ▁ever ▁shown ▁on ▁U . S . ▁television .” ▁V io lett ’ s ▁tele play ▁was ▁produced ▁again ▁on ▁August ▁ 3 1 , ▁ 1 9 5 1 , ▁as ▁an ▁episode ▁of ▁F ires ide ▁Theatre , ▁st arring ▁Margaret ▁Hay es . ▁ ▁C ame o ▁Theatre ▁was ▁notable ▁for ▁developing ▁young ▁writers . ▁S cri p ter ▁Rap ha el ▁Hay es ▁re called ▁entering ▁broadcast ing ▁after ▁he ▁left ▁the ▁Army : ▁I ▁came ▁out ▁and ▁got ▁a ▁job ▁in ▁the ▁W NEW ▁radio ▁station ▁in ▁New ▁York , ▁as ▁what ▁we ▁called ▁a ▁continu ity ▁writer , ▁which ▁paid ▁enough , ▁I ▁suppose , ▁to ▁eat . ▁ ▁And ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁television ▁was ▁beginning , ▁and ▁I ▁figured ▁why ▁not ▁try ▁it ▁and ▁see ▁what ▁I ▁could ▁do . ▁I ▁had ▁a ▁little