Title

Johns Committee members, c.1960

Creator

University of South Florida

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Identifier

U10-00175

Creation Date

January 1960

Keywords

Legislators, Florida, Photographs

Description

The Florida Legislative Investigation Committee was a committee of the Florida State Senate that investigated allegations of Communism and homosexuality in universities and other public institutions in the early 1960s. USF was one of the targets. It was more commonly known as the Johns Committee, named for its chairman, Charley Johns (standing in photo). Pictured on the right is C.W. Bill Young, then a State Senator from St. Petersburg, and later a U.S. Congressman. The exact date that this photograph was taken is unknown.

Description

1 photo b&w.

Subject: topical

Legislators

Subject: geographic

Florida

Type

image

Genre

Photographs

Format

image/jpeg

Holding Location

University of South Florida