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The Lavender Scare

The Lavender Scare

Author: David K. Johnson

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

ISBN: 0226401960

Category: Social Science

Page: 312

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The McCarthy era is generally considered the worst period of political repression in recent American history. But while the famous question, "Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?" resonated in the halls of Congress, security officials were posing another question at least as frequently, if more discreetly: "Information has come to the attention of the Civil Service Commission that you are a homosexual. What comment do you care to make?" Historian David K. Johnson here relates the frightening, untold story of how, during the Cold War, homosexuals were considered as dangerous a threat to national security as Communists. Charges that the Roosevelt and Truman administrations were havens for homosexuals proved a potent political weapon, sparking a "Lavender Scare" more vehement and long-lasting than McCarthy's Red Scare. Relying on newly declassified documents, years of research in the records of the National Archives and the FBI, and interviews with former civil servants, Johnson recreates the vibrant gay subculture that flourished in New Deal-era Washington and takes us inside the security interrogation rooms where thousands of Americans were questioned about their sex lives. The homosexual purges ended promising careers, ruined lives, and pushed many to suicide. But, as Johnson also shows, the purges brought victims together to protest their treatment, helping launch a new civil rights struggle. The Lavender Scare shatters the myth that homosexuality has only recently become a national political issue, changing the way we think about both the McCarthy era and the origins of the gay rights movement. And perhaps just as importantly, this book is a cautionary tale, reminding us of how acts taken by the government in the name of "national security" during the Cold War resulted in the infringement of the civil liberties of thousands of Americans.
The Lavender Scare
Language: en
Pages: 312

The Lavender Scare

Authors: David K. Johnson
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-02-13 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

The McCarthy era is generally considered the worst period of political repression in recent American history. But while the famous question, "Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?" resonated in the halls of Congress, security officials were posing another question at least as
The Lavender House
Language: en
Pages: 296

The Lavender House

Authors: Wendy Robertson
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-08-02 - Publisher: Hachette UK

Just as she finally finds happiness, the past changes everything... Wendy Robertson weaves two intertwining love stories, from the past and the present, into The Lavender House, a compelling and touching saga. Perfect for fans of Sheila Newberry and Lindsey Hutchinson. In 2004, young social worker Sophia Morgan escapes from
The Lavender House
Language: en
Pages: 384

The Lavender House

Authors: Hilary Boyd
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-04 - Publisher: Hachette UK

Emotional, page-turning women's fiction from the author of #1 EBOOK BESTSELLER, THURSDAYS IN THE PARK. 'Boyd is as canny as Joanna Trollope at observing family life - and better than Trollope at jokes' Daily Mail Nancy de Freitas is the glue that holds her family together. Caught between her ageing,
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Language: en
Pages: 412

The Dou-Jin Apprentice of Monsters and Men

Authors: S. Cary Strasse
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-08-03 - Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

The Dou-Jin Apprentice of Monsters and Men is about a young boy who lives on a farm and avoids being kidnapped by the evil Roda-kian evil order of mystical warriors, mages, and assassins that want Stephanous, the boy, for their own nefarious deeds to bring down the Dou-jin empire. Stephanous,
Murder in the Lavender
Language: en
Pages: 405

Murder in the Lavender

Authors: Susan Kiernan-Lewis
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-01-09 - Publisher: Susan Kiernan-Lewis

Evil doesn't always have a bad smell. In fact, sometimes it's downright heavenly. When a young homeless girl is found dead in the lavender field she was hired to harvest, a friend of Laurent's is arrested for her murder. In spite of her personal misgivings, Maggie promises her husband to

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