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

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Poucher, Judith G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2014.
©2014
Temas:
Johns, Charley.
Johns, Charley
Florida. > Legislature. > Legislative Investigation Committee.
Florida. > Legislature. > Legislative Investigation Committee
Since 1951
Civil rights > Florida > History.
Communism > Florida > History.
Homosexuality > Florida > History.
Culture conflict > Florida > History.
Gays > Abuse of > Florida.
Gay rights > Florida > History.
Homosexualité > Floride > Histoire.
Conflit culturel > Floride > Histoire.
Homosexuels > Violence envers > Floride.
Homosexuels > Droits > Floride > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Civil rights
Communism
Culture conflict
Gay rights
Gays > Abuse of
Homosexuality
Politics and government
Florida > Politics and government > 1951-
Floride > Politique et gouvernement > 1951-
Florida
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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