Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

State of Defiance

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

879948915

Sub title

Challenging the Johns Committee's Assault on Civil Liberties

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

Table Of 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

Target audience

adult

Classification

Contributor