Name/Title
State of defiance : Challenging the Johns Committee's assault on civil libertiesEntry/Object ID
Library.1195Description
xvi, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography and Index included.
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A Florida Quincentennial Book -Title page verso.
The Johns Committee, a product of the red scare in Florida, grabbed headlines and destroyed lives. Its goal was to halt integration by destroying the NAACP in Florida and smearing integrationists. Citizens were subpoenaed under charges of communist tendencies, and later for homosexual or subversive behavior.
Contents: Charley Johns and Virgil Hawkins: ambition realized, dream deferred -- Virgil Hawkins: pursuit of the dream continues -- Ruth Perry: the librarian raises her voice -- Sig Diettrich: the geographer draws the line -- G.G. Mock: surrounded by fear, empowered by love -- Margaret Fisher and her University of South Florida colleagues: intellectuals versus inquisitors -- Conclusion: Majorities of one.Collection
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Civil rights -- Florida -- History., Florida -- Legislature -- Legislative Investigation Committee., Communism -- Florida -- History., Johns, Charley., Homosexuality -- Florida -- History., Culture conflict -- Florida -- History., Gays -- Abuse of -- Florida., Gay rights -- Florida -- History., Florida -- Politics and government -- 1951- .Publication Details
Author
Poucher, Judith G.Publisher
University Press of FloridaPlace Published
* Untyped Place Published
Gainesville, FLCall No.
KFF 411 .P68 2014ISBN
9780813049939LCCN
2013051135