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In the 1960s, Texas passed a law criminalizing the display of the United Nations Flag. Billboards in Texas demanded the country leave the UN, and apparently it was seen as some kind of Communist organization. Why did Texas hate the UN so much, and why were people convinced it was a communist plot?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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