State of defiance : challenging the Johns Committee's assault on civil liberties

• Tác giả: Judith G Poucher
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN: 9780813049939 (hardback : acid-free paper)
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 323.0922759 Civil and political rights
• Mô tả vật lý: xvi, 217 pages : , illustrations ; , 24 cm
• Bộ sưu tập: Xã hội, kinh tế, luật
• ID: 349219
• Chủ đề: 1. Civil rights--History--Florida; 2. Communism--History--Florida; 3. Culture conflict--History--Florida; 4. Gay rights--History--Florida; 5. Gays--Abuse of--Florida; 6. Homosexuality--History--Florida

Includes bibliographical references (pages193-204) and index.

Tóm tắt

During the era of McCarthyism, the Floridian legislative investigative group known as the Johns Committee subpoenaed citizens under charges of communism, homosexuality, or subversive behavior. This book uses previously unpublished sources and the recently unsealed records of the Johns Committee to profile five individuals who challenged the assault on civil liberties.