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

By:

Poucher, Judith G

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780813048796
0813048796
9780813050393
0813050391
0813047625
9780813047621

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: State of Defiance.DDC classification:

323.092/2759 22

LOC classification:

KFF411

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Contents:

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.

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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 behavior.