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Bertha Teplow

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Florida
Support
Civil Liberties
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Biography

Mrs. Bertha Teplow was one of the first witnesses cited for contempt by the Florida Legislative Investigating Committee (the 'Johns Committee') on the opening day of its 1958 Miami hearings, after she refused to answer questions in the segregationist body's probe into the NAACP and alleged subversion in the integration movement.

Case

Charges: Contempt of the Florida Legislative Investigating ('Johns') Committee
Sentence: Cited for contempt
Convicted: Cited for refusing to answer the committee