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

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Book

Authors

Judith Poucher

Tags

History, Civil Rights, State & Local, Civil Rights & Liberties, Specialty Boutique, South, Gay & Gender Studies, LGBT

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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. - from Amzon

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