02622nam 2200625 450 991079103900332120230803221443.00-8130-4762-50-8130-5039-10-8130-4879-6(CKB)2550000001300849(EBL)1690885(OCoLC)879948915(SSID)ssj0001194615(PQKBManifestationID)12500714(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001194615(PQKBWorkID)11154134(PQKB)11642403(StDuBDS)EDZ0000865131(MiAaPQ)EBC1690885(MdBmJHUP)muse37412(Au-PeEL)EBL1690885(CaPaEBR)ebr10873358(CaONFJC)MIL609774(EXLCZ)99255000000130084920140526h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrState of defiance challenging the Johns Committee's assault on civil liberties /Judith G. PoucherGainesville, Florida :University Press of Florida,2014.©20141 online resource (235 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8130-4993-8 1-306-78523-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 This book uses previously unpublished sources and the recently unsealed records of the Johns Committee to profile five individuals who challenged the assault on civil liberties.Civil rightsFloridaHistoryCommunismFloridaHistoryFloridaPolitics and government1951-Civil rightsHistory.CommunismHistory.323.092/2759Poucher Judith G.1547879MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791039003321State of defiance3804454UNINA