American Scare: Florida's Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives

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American Scare: Florida's Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer LivesA vital expos for both our history and our present day, American Scare tells the riveting story of how the Florida government destroyed the lives of Black and queer citizens in the twentieth century. In January 1959, Art Copleston was escorted out of his college accounting class by three police officers. In a motel room, blinds drawn, he sat in front of a state senator and the legal counsel for the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee,

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