Communists and perverts under the palms : the Johns Committee in Florida, 1956-1965 /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Braukman, Stacy Lorraine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2012.
Subjects:
Florida. > Legislature. > Legislative Investigation Committee.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Since 1951
Culture conflict > Florida > History.
Communism > Florida > History.
Homosexuality > Florida > History.
Civil rights > Florida > History.
Conflit culturel > Floride > Histoire.
Homosexualité > Floride > Histoire.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Civil rights.
Communism.
Culture conflict.
Homosexuality.
Politics and government
Florida > Politics and government > 1951-
Floride > Politique et gouvernement > 1951-
Florida.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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