An eyewitness account of major 20th century social movements Born a red-diaper baby, Norman Cantor, as a 4 and 1/2 year-old in 1947, first experiences the vicious public hostility toward his father, a major figure in Communist Party USA: "I hear and see a hostile crowd assembled on the street below our apartment. I can't make out the words they're yelling, but I sense the shrill, threatening tone. Suddenly, I glimpse flames...