Old South, New South, or Down South - 1600 Words

Old South, New South, or Down South?: Florida and the Modern Civil Rights Movement is a book full of many insightful accounts of the history of our so called Sunshine State, Florida meant to expose the dirt that is otherwise brushed under the carpet by our government. It is meant to expose the stories of racial discrimination and violence that went on in Florida beginning in the 1950s and how difficult it has been for African Americans to live a comfortable life. I believe that this book did a good job of offering a lot of information and history while â€Å"presenting new visions of Florida’s racial past and encourages new ideas about what civil rights meant to constituencies around the state and possible the nation.† In key Jr’s study he†¦show more content†¦In 1960 there were still African American Organizations that were protesting schools because there was â€Å"only on toilet, no electricity and no drinking water† These are no conditions f or the children of the future, the government is supposed to be caring for the future, not shunning them away. There were the saints that were there for the benefit of the ones who weren’t receiving what they deserved, which is a good education. Mary McLeod Bethune was a women who in 1904 founded the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training school for Negro Girls in Midway, â€Å"the school appealed to moderate elements in the white community by stressing domestic and industrial training and â€Å"Negro Uplift† it was â€Å"an oasis in the dessert of segregation that not only provided leadership to the community but also inspiration that they too can do something. When there is an improvement I can see that Florida was stepping towards a better place but still stuck in the delaying tactics of the Down South. Although the Florida’s pupil assignment program made it so that children were able to transfer, it made it near impossible for them to do so, which i s a sick tactic thatShow MoreRelatedEssay on Flannery OConnor590 Words   |  3 Pagesviews on the decaying south up to her death. â€Å" Everything That Rises Must Converge† was one of O’Connor’s last pieces before lupus took her life. 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