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

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
Autor principal: Poucher, Judith G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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.