State of Defiance : Challenging the Johns Committee's Assault on Civil Liberties.
Poucher, Judith G.
State of Defiance : Challenging the Johns Committee's Assault on Civil Liberties. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (235 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
9780813048796 9780813050393
Johns, Charley.
Florida. Legislature. Legislative Investigation Committee.
Civil rights--History.--Florida
Communism--History.--Florida
Homosexuality--History.--Florida
Culture conflict--History.--Florida
Gays--Abuse of--Florida.
Gay rights--History.--Florida
Electronic Books.
KFF411 / .S738 2014
State of Defiance : Challenging the Johns Committee's Assault on Civil Liberties. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (235 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
9780813048796 9780813050393
Johns, Charley.
Florida. Legislature. Legislative Investigation Committee.
Civil rights--History.--Florida
Communism--History.--Florida
Homosexuality--History.--Florida
Culture conflict--History.--Florida
Gays--Abuse of--Florida.
Gay rights--History.--Florida
Electronic Books.
KFF411 / .S738 2014