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McCarthyism in Florida: Charley Johns and the Florida legislative investigation committee July 1956 to July 1965.

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Date Issued:
1985
Abstract/Description:
This thesis explores the political climate existing in Florida during the nine-year period, July 1956 to July 1965, that lead to support of a state legislative investigation committee known as the Johns Committee.
Title: McCarthyism in Florida: Charley Johns and the Florida legislative investigation committee July 1956 to July 1965.
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Name(s): Stark, Bonnie.
PALMM (Project)
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Bibliography
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1985
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: v, 255 leaves ; 29 cm.
Language(s): eng
Abstract/Description: This thesis explores the political climate existing in Florida during the nine-year period, July 1956 to July 1965, that lead to support of a state legislative investigation committee known as the Johns Committee.
Table of Contents: Introduction -- A legislative investigation committee for Florida -- The Johns Committee and Florida's resistance to the Brown decision --Politics and homosexuals: the Johns Committee and the investigation of the University of Florida -- Controversy in the classroom: the investigation of the University of Florida -- The final years, 1963-1965 -- Conclusion and afterthoughts -- References.
Target Audience: College students and adults
Target Audience: adult
Identifier: AAA1098QF00006/01/200003/06/200818212BfamIa D0QF (FCLAZ), FHP C SF 2000-06-01 (DNX), SF00000034 (IID), 2460817 (digitool), usf:49370 (fedora)
Note(s): by Bonnie Stark.
Thesis (M.A.)--University of South Florida, 1985.
Bibliography: leaves 239-255.
Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2000. (Florida heritage collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced by the University of South Florida from a thesis held in the Main Library at the University of South Florida, Tampa.
Subject(s): Johns, Charley
Florida. Legislature. Legislative Investigation Committee.
Florida -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Political science
Civil rights
The Post-War Florida, 1945-1960
The Post-War Era, 1945-1960 -- Population Growth and Politics
The Post-War Era, 1945-1960 -- State University System of Florida
Contemporary Florida, 1960-
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Host Institution: USF
Other Format:
(OCoLC)14397258
Is Part of Series: Florida heritage collection.