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Author Poucher, Judith G.

Title State of Defiance : Challenging the Johns Committee's Assault on Civil Liberties.

Publication Info. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2014.
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Summary 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.
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Subject Florida. Legislature. Legislative Investigation Committee.
Florida. Legislature. Legislative Investigation Committee.
Johns, Charley.
Johns, Charley.
Civil rights -- Florida -- History.
Civil rights.
Florida.
History.
Communism -- Florida -- History.
Communism.
Homosexuality -- Florida -- History.
Homosexuality.
Culture conflict -- Florida -- History.
Culture conflict.
Gay people -- Abuse of -- Florida.
Gays.
Gays -- Abuse of.
Gay rights -- Florida -- History.
Gay rights.
Florida -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1951-
Since 1951
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Subject Homosexuality.
Homosexuals.
Gay rights.
Other Form: Print version: Poucher, Judith. State of Defiance. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2014 9780813049939
ISBN 9780813048796 (electronic book)
0813048796 (electronic book)

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