Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction: Images, Illusions, 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

2. From Old South to New South, or Was It?: Jacksonville and the Modern Civil Rights Movement in Florida
-Abel A. Bartley

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

4. Toms and Bombs: The Civil Rights Struggle in Daytona Beach
-Leonard R. Lempel

5. Planting the Seeds of Racial Equality: Florida’s Independent Black Farmers and the Modern Civil Rights Era
-Connie L. Lester

6. Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied: Florida’s “Public Mischief” Defense and Vigil Hawkins’ Protracted Legal Struggle for Racial Equality
-Amy Sasscer

7. “Wait” Has Almost Always Meant “Never”: The Long Road to School Desegregation in Palm Beach County
-Lise M. Steinhauer

8. The Triumph of Tradition: Haydon Burns’ 1964 Gubernatorial Race and the Myth of Florida’s Moderation
-Abel A. Bartley

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

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

Contributors

Index