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Long before Ron DeSantis, Charley Johns terrorized queer Floridians. We can learn from his downfall. - LGBTQ Nation

The Johns Committee used anti-communist smears to suppress minority political power and preserve white conservative dominance through targeted investigations and public bigotry.

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5 months ago

We live in a second Red Scare': what can we learn from a chilling book about Florida's past?

Charley Johns was the state senator and governor who steered his eponymous committee. It came into being in 1956, towards the end of the national red scare.

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Long before Ron DeSantis, Charley Johns terrorized queer Floridians. We can learn from his downfall. - LGBTQ Nation

We live in a second Red Scare': what can we learn from a chilling book about Florida's past?

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