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1 online resource (267 pages) |
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text file |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments.; Introduction: Where the Sunbelt Meets the Old South; 1. The NAACP and the Origins of the Johns Committee, 1956; 2. Racial and Sexual Perversion, 1957-1958; 3. Surveillance and Exposure, 1959-1960; 4. Subversion and Indecency, 1961-1962; 5. Sex and Civil Rights, 1963-1965; Epilogue: Anita Bryant and Florida's Culture Wars; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Z. |
| Summary |
In 1956, state Senator Charley Johns was appointed the chairman of the newly formed Florida Legislative Investigation Committee, now remembered as the Johns Committee. This group was charged with the task of unearthing communist tendencies, homosexual persuasions, and anything they saw as subversive behavior in academic institutions throughout Florida. With the cooperation of law enforcement, the committee interrogated and spied on countless individuals, including civil rights activists, college students, public school teachers, and university faculty and administrators. Today, the actions. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Florida. Legislature. Legislative Investigation Committee.
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Florida. Legislature. Legislative Investigation Committee. |
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. |
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Florida -- Politics and government -- 1951-
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Florida. |
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Politics and government. |
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1951- |
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Culture conflict -- Florida -- History.
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Culture conflict. |
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History. |
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Communism -- Florida -- History.
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Communism. |
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Homosexuality -- Florida -- History.
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Homosexuality. |
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Civil rights -- Florida -- History.
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Civil rights. |
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Since 1951 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Homosexuality. |
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Print version: Braukman, Stacy. Communists and Perverts under the Palms : The Johns Committee in Florida, 1956-1965. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2012 9780813039824 |
| ISBN |
9780813042244 (electronic book) |
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0813042240 (electronic book) |
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0813039827 |
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9780813039824 |
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9780813043166 |
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0813043166 |
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