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Documentary exposing institutional homophobia at UF in 50s & 60s
Here's a chapter of UF's past that I wasn't familiar with.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A film screening and panel discussion will be held Monday to examine the legacy of the so-called “Johns Committee” at the University of Florida. The documentary film screening will take place from 5:30 to 6 p.m., and the discussion will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m., in Smathers Library East, Room 1A, on the UF campus.
Under the direction of Florida Sen. Charley Johns, the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee from 1956 to 1965 was designed by the Florida State Senate to investigate and reprimand individuals across Florida for engaging in “potentially subversive activities,” defined as including desegregation and homosexuality. In 1958, the committee chose the University of Florida as its first academic target.
Organized by the UF Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, this event will begin with a screening of the 28-minute documentary film “Behind Closed Doors: The Dark Legacy of the Johns Committee” by Allyson Beutke and Scott Litvak. The four visiting and UF panelists will then discuss the impact of the committee on civil rights and academic freedom at UF.
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He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
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I just wish they had given Brantley a decent shot at running a true pro-style offense in 2010. Meyer might have won his 3rd title and never been forced to resign. And it would have made Tebow much more acceptable to NFL media types who think he can't run one offense just because another worked in college.
I just wish they had given Brantley a decent shot at running a true pro-style offense in 2010. Meyer might have won his 3rd title and never been forced to resign. And it would have made Tebow much more acceptable to NFL media types who think he can't run one offense just because another worked in college.
Hey, you tryin' to hijack the thread or something ?
Stick to the topic, please !
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On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
I was at Florida 1960-1964 and the "Johns Committee" provided a lot of entertainment.
Charley actually had observers (spies??) patrolling the campus looking for subversive activities. Will bore you with just one story.... somebody went into several classrooms and replaced the pictures of Leroy Collins with pictures of V.I. Lenin. Charley's guys saw them and investigation into Communism ensued. Charley was from Starke; just down the road from G'ville and (I'm pretty sure) was a Gator.
Edit : Googled Charley. Attended but did not graduate from UF.
I really could not possibly care less. I'm only posting here for the IBLM.
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"But what I didn't want to have happen, and I made this clear to Jeremy, if I am able to go coach, I want to coach at one place, the University of Florida. It would be a travesty, it would be ridiculous to all of a sudden come back and get the feeling back, get the health back, feel good again and then all of a sudden go throw some other colors on my shirt and go coach. I don't want to do that. I have too much love for this University and these players and for what we've built." - Urban Liar
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"I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress" - Frederick Douglass, lived a slave, died a statesman, and 1st Black Presidential candidate
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On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
Should be moved, but I have no idea why it would be locked.
That will come later.
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On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
I was at Florida 1960-1964 and the "Johns Committee" provided a lot of entertainment.
Charley actually had observers (spies??) patrolling the campus looking for subversive activities. Will bore you with just one story.... somebody went into several classrooms and replaced the pictures of Leroy Collins with pictures of V.I. Lenin. Charley's guys saw them and investigation into Communism ensued. Charley was from Starke; just down the road from G'ville and (I'm pretty sure) was a Gator.
I was also there at that time. I remember the Johns Committee, but don't remember a lot about it except that I recall they were looking for any subversive books in the library. I wasn't all that concerned about their doings, because in those days segregation and making fun of queers was just part of life for a white boy from Palatka, and I didn't go to the library to read anything subversive. (The most subversive thing I remember poring over was UF co-ed Pam Brewer's semi-nude photos, which were all the rage on campus for a couple of weeks. I wonder if ol' Charley saw 'em.)
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Documentary exposing institutional homophobia at UF in 50s & 60s
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