Communists and perverts under the palms : the Johns Committee in Florida, 1956-1965 /

Communists and perverts under the palms : the Johns Committee in Florida, 1956-1965 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Braukman, Stacy Lorraine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2012]
Subjects:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Florida. > Legislature. > Legislative Investigation Committee.
Civil rights > Florida > History.
Homosexuality > Florida > History.
Communism > Florida > History.
Culture conflict > Florida > History.
Florida > Politics and government > 1951-
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.