State of Defiance: Challenging the Johns Committee's Assault on Civil Liberties

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Index Page numbers in italics refer to pages that contain photographs. AAUP (American Association of University Professors), 55, 71, 80, 112; UF chapter, 80–81, 132; USF chapter, 120–21, 132, 137, 139 AAUW (American Association of University Women), 131, 144, 151 Abstinence, Diettrichs’ period of, 68, 148–49 Academic freedom, assaults on, 81, 112, 119, 142–43; Smith group meetings, 117–19; USF investigation, 122–24, 127, 129, 131–32 Academic freedom, defenses of, 130, 132, 135–36, 151 Accent on Learning (catalogue), 115 “Accent on Learning” (unofficial motto), 115–16, 123, 185n15; dismantling of, 141 Accreditation, issue of USF’s, 124 ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), 55, 155 Acting governor, Johns as, 6–11 Admission standards, UF, 33–34 Ads for Johns campaign, 8–9 Afro-American Life Insurance Company, 13, 46 Agitators, lists of. See Connections chart; Lists of names Akerman, Alex, 14, 25, 26, 161n53 Alachua County courthouse sting operations , 75, 78, 104 Albury, Vernell, 59 Aliases, use of, 180n2, 184n75 “All deliberate speed” ruling, 17 Allen (city manager), 153 Allen, George Willie, 35 Allen, Grace, 115, 128 Allen, John, 119, 120, 130, 140–41, 185n12; academic vision of, 114–15; Caldwell-Winn incident and, 126–27, 131; in defense of USF, 121–22, 135, 136; D. F. Fleming affair and, 127, 129, 137, 139; distorted testimony of, 129; Grebstein case and, 131–33, 139; USF interrogation, 126–28; USF’s censure and, 137, 139 Alligator, The, 72, 175n27 All-University approach, 115–16; dissolution of, 141 All-University books, 116, 123, 127 Along Freedom’s Road. See Columns, Perry’s American Association of University Professors . See AAUP American Association of University Women. See AAUW American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 155 American Friends Service Committee, 155 Anonymous complaints, 76–77 Anonymous detractors, Perry’s, 44, 46, 59 Anonymous tips, 59, 91, 110, 150 206 | Index Anti-Communism, NAACP’s, 56 Anti-gay ordinances, 92, 98, 110, 180n7 Anti-lynching campaigns, 144–45 Anxieties, exploitation of, 68–70, 142–43 Appendix, 153–56 Appointees, Johns’ removal of, 6, 7 Army War Training courses, 67 Arnade, Charles, 185n12 Aronovitz, Abe, 95 Arrington, Henry, 155 Aspirin overdoses, attempted, 65, 82 Assassination plots, 43, 49–50, 154, 169n10, 170n35 Atlas of Florida, The, 84, 85, 90, 143, 180n120 Attorney General, Florida’s. See Ervin, Richard Atwood, Rollin, 66, 174n8 Atwood, Wallace, 66 Bailey, Thomas, 186n30 Baker, Ella, 145 “Bar dykes,” 94 Barratry, NAACP efforts to avoid, 24–25 Barratry bills, package of, 32 Barratry strategy, Johns Committee’s, 21–22, 23, 24, 32, 50, 56 Bars, gay and lesbian, 92–95 Bartender at Jimmie White’s. See Mock, G. G. Barth, Rev. Joseph, 155 Bathroom investigations, 75 BCC. See Bethune-Cookman College B drinking, 101 Beatings, 91, 102 Beiler, Prof. Ross, 155 Belfry (lounge), 104 Bethune, Mary McLeod, 13, 15–16 Bethune-Cookman College (BCC), 13, 15, 16, 28, 35, 146 Bixler, H. M., 153 Blacked-out names, 108, 140, 180n2, 183n54, 187n54, 190n111 Board of Control: Hawkins case, 13, 14, 17, 18, 33; quota system, 185n12; UF investigation, 72, 87; USF investigation, 128–29, 131–32 Bombings, 43, 49–50, 154 Bomb threats, 45, 49–50, 154, 169n21 Book burnings, 154 Bothwell, Linda, 110, 150 Boycotts, 18, 19, 28, 46, 48, 165n31, 166n37 Brief on Brown implementation, 10 Brinson, Thelma, 2 Brown, Josephine, 11 Brown, Yvonne, 107 Brown v. Board of Education: Brown I decision , 1, 9–10, 16, 46, 147; Brown II decision, 10, 17 Bryant, Farris, 134 Bryant, Rev. Jack, 153 Bus boycotts, 18, 19, 28, 46, 48, 165n31, 166n37 Bus suits, 20, 46–47, 170n25 Butch/femme dynamic, 92–94 Butches, 92–94 Caldwell, John, 124–25, 131, 187nn43, 54, 57. See also Caldwell-Winn incident Caldwell-Winn incident, 124–25, 126–27, 130, 131, 187nn54, 56, 57, 188n65 Campaign ads, 8–9 “Campaign against perverts,” 95–99, 102 Campus hearings, 121–28 Carraway, Wilson, 135, 136 Carter, Robert, 59 Catalogue, USF’s first, 115 Censure of USF, 137, 139 Chairs of Johns Committee. See Johns, Charley ; Land, Henry; Mitchell, Richard Charges against USF, 129–30 Check payments, 29, 165n25 Chief counsel, Johns Committee’s. See Hawes, Mark Children, homosexuality as danger to, 69, 95, 107 Circus (lounge), 100, 104 Citizens’ Councils of America, 49. See also WCC “Civil Disobedience” (Thoreau), 144 Civil rights attorney, Hawkins’ decision to become, 11–12 Index | 207 Civil Rights Council, 155 Civil rights groups and activists connections , 155...