02959nam 2200661Ia 450 991077915520332120230802005214.00-8130-4316-60-8130-4224-0(CKB)2550000000103298(EBL)923327(OCoLC)794663752(SSID)ssj0000654994(PQKBManifestationID)11940434(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000654994(PQKBWorkID)10595136(PQKB)11739189(StDuBDS)EDZ0000103878(MiAaPQ)EBC923327(OCoLC)867784475(MdBmJHUP)muse22482(Au-PeEL)EBL923327(CaPaEBR)ebr10565430(CaONFJC)MIL513069(EXLCZ)99255000000010329820110919d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCommunists and perverts under the palms[electronic resource] the Johns Committee in Florida, 1956-1965 /Stacy BraukmanGainesville University Press of Floridac20121 online resource (267 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8130-3982-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : where the Sunbelt meets the Old South -- The NAACP and the origins of the Johns Committee, 1956 -- Racial and sexual perversion, 1957-1958 -- Surveillance and exposure, 1959-1960 -- Subversion and indecency, 1961-1962 -- Sex and civil rights, 1963-1965 -- Epilogue : Anita Bryant and Florida's culture wars. In 1956, state Senator Charley Johns was appointed the chairman of the newly formed Florida Legislative Investigation Committee, now remembered as the Johns Committee. This group was charged with the task of unearthing communist tendencies, homosexual persuasions, and anything they saw as subversive behavior in academic institutions throughout Florida. With the cooperation of law enforcement, the committee interrogated and spied on countless individuals, including civil rights activists, college students, public school teachers, and university faculty and administrators. Today, tCivil rightsFloridaHistoryCommunismFloridaHistoryCulture conflictFloridaHistoryHomosexualityFloridaHistoryFloridaPolitics and government1951-Civil rightsHistory.CommunismHistory.Culture conflictHistory.HomosexualityHistory.975.9/063975.9063Braukman Stacy Lorraine1485374MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779155203321Communists and perverts under the palms3704475UNINA