State of Defiance
Subtitle: Challenging the Johns Committee's Assault on Civil Liberties
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780813049939
Subjects: Civil rights, united states; Communism, united states; Homosexuality; Culture conflict; Gay rights; Florida, politics and government
Description: 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 This book uses previously unpublished sources and the recently unsealed records of the Johns Committee to profile five individuals who challenged the assault on civil liberties.