State of Defiance
Challenging the Johns Committee's Assault on Civil Liberties
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About this book
Florida Historical Society Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Award
Drawing on previously unpublished sources and newly unsealed records, Judith Poucher profiles five individuals who stood up to the Johns Committee. Virgil Hawkins and Ruth Perry were civil rights activists who, respectively, foiled the committee’s plans to stop integration at the University of Florida and refused to divulge Florida and Miami NAACP records. G. G. Mock, a bartender in Tampa, was arrested and shackled in the nude by police but would not reveal the name of her girlfriend, a teacher. University of Florida professor Sig Diettrich was threatened with twenty years in prison and being "outed," yet he still would not name names. Margaret Fisher, a college administrator, helped to bring the committee's investigation of the University of South Florida into the open, publicly condemning their bullying.
By reexamining the daring stands taken by these ordinary citizens, Poucher illustrates not only the abuses propagated by the committee but also the collective power of individuals to effect change.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Charley Johns and Virgil Hawkins: Ambition Realized, Dream Deferred
- 2. Virgil Hawkins: Pursuit of the Dream Continues
- 3. Ruth Perry: The Librarian Raises Her Voice
- 4. Sig Diettrich: The Geographer Draws the Line
- 5. G. G. Mock: Surrounded by Fear, Empowered by Love
- 6. Margaret Fisher and Her University of South Florida Colleagues: Intellectuals versus Inquisitors
- 7. Conclusion: Majorities of One
- Appendix: Documents from the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee Records
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index