Old South, New South, or down South? : Florida and the modern civil rights movement / edited by Irvin D.S. Winsboro.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Winsboro, Irvin D. S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights.

History.

African Americans--Civil rights.

Race relations.

Florida--Race relations--History--20th century.

Florida.

African Americans--Civil rights--Florida--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Civil rights--Florida--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

viii, 260 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2009.

Summary:

How Does A State, Tarished With A Racist, Violent History, emerge from the modern civil rights movement with a reputation for tolerance?

Old South, New South, or Down South?: Florida and the Modern Civil Rights Movement exposes 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 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.

contributers: Abel A. Bartley, Gregory W. Bush, Marvin Dunn, Leonard R Lempel, Connie L. Lester, Paul Ortiz, Amy Sasscer, Lise M. Steinhauer.

Contents:

Introduction: Image, Illusion, and Reality: Florida and the Modern Civil Rights Movement in Historical Perspective / Irvin D. S. Winsboro 1

The Illusion of Moderation: A Recounting and Reassessing of Florida's Racial Past / Marvin Dunn 22

From Old South to New South, or Was It?: Jacksonville and the Modern Civil Rights Movement in Florida / Abel A. hartley 47

Brotherhood of Defiance: The State-Local Relationship in the Desegregation of Lee Country Public Schools, 1954-1969 / Irvin D. S. Winsboro 68

Toms and Bombs: The Civil Rights Struggle in Daytona Beach / Leonard R. Lempel 87

Planting the Seeds of Racial Equality: Florida's Independent Black Farmers and the Modern Civil Rights Era / Connie L. Lester 113

Justice Delayed-Is Justice Denied: Florida's "Public Mischief" Defense and Virgil Hawkins's Protracted Legal Struggle for Racial Equality / Amy Sasscer 134

"Wait" Has Almost Always Meant "Never" : The Long Road to School Desegregation in Palm Beach County / Lise M. Steinhauer 155

The Triumph of Tradition: Haydon Burns's 1964 Gubernatorial Race and the Myth of Florida's Moderation / Abel A. Bartley 176

From Old South Experiences to New South Memories: Virginia Key Beach and the Evolution of Civil Rights to Public Space in Miami / Gregory W. Bush 198

Afterword: Old South, New South, or Down South?: Florida and the Modern Civil Rights Movement: Towards a New Civil Rights History in Florida / Paul Ortiz 220.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781933202440

1933202440

9781933202457

1933202459

OCLC:

321047142