How does a state, tarnished with a racist, violent history, emerge from the modern civil rights movement with a reputation for tolerance and progression?Old South, New South, or Down South?: Florida and the Modern Civil Rights Movementexposes the image, illusion, and reality behind Florida’s hidden story of racial discrimination and violence. By exploring multiple perspectives on racially motivated events, such as black agency, political stonewalling, and racist assaults, this collection of nine essays reconceptualizes the civil rights legacy of the Sunshine State. Its dissection of local, isolated acts of rebellion reveals a strategic, political concealment of the once dominant, often overlooked, old south attitude towards race in Florida.
Irvin D.S. Winsborois Professor of History, African-American Studies, and Florida Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University. He is the author ofFeminism and Black Activism in Contemporary America: An Ideological Assessment, and numerous other works and articles.
Contributors Include:Abel A. Bartley, Gregory Bush, Marvin Dunn, Leonard R. Lempel, Connie L. Lester, Paul Ortiz, Amy Sasscer, Lise M. Steinhauer.
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction: Image, Illusion, and Reality: Florida and the Modern Civil Rights Movement in Historical Perspective
Irvin D. S. Winsboro
The Illusion of Moderation: A Recounting and Reassessing of Florida’s Racial Past
Marvin Dunn
From Old South to New South, or Was It? : Jacksonville and the Modern Civil Rights Movement in Florida
Abel A. Bartley
Brotherhood of Defiance: The State-Local Relationship in the Desegregation of Lee Country Public Schools, 1954-1969
Irvin D. S. Winsboro
Toms and Bombs: The Civil Rights Struggle in Daytona Beach Leonard R. Lempel
Planting the Seeds of Racial Equality: Florida’s IndependentlSj
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