| Description |
1 online resource (235 pages) |
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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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-204) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Johns, Charley.
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Johns, Charley fast |
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Florida. Legislature. Legislative Investigation Committee.
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Florida. Legislature. Legislative Investigation Committee fast |
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Civil rights -- Florida -- History
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Communism -- Florida -- History
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Homosexuality -- Florida -- History
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Culture conflict -- Florida -- History
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Gay people -- Abuse of -- Florida
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Gay rights -- Florida -- History
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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Civil rights
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Communism
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Culture conflict
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Gay rights
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Gays -- Abuse of
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Homosexuality
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Politics and government
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Gay rights
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Florida -- Politics and government -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85049245
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Florida
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Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013051135 |
| ISBN |
9780813048796 |
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0813048796 |
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9780813050393 |
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0813050391 |
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0813047625 |
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9780813047621 |
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