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Robert Fieseler On Florida’s Hidden Cold War Against Black and Queer People

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Historian and journalist Robert Fieseler’s first book “Tinder Box: The Untold Story of the Upstairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation” won the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime. His newest book, “American Scare: Florida’s Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives” uncovers the little-known history of the Florida Legislative Investigative Committee, which, in the 1950s and early 1960s, created a surveillance state in Florida as its investig…
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CrimeReads broke the news in on Friday, July 11, 2025.
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