Old South, New South or Down South?: Florida and the Modern Civil Rights Movement is a book filled with many insightful accounts of the history of our so-called Sunshine State of Florida intended to expose dirt that would otherwise be swept under the rug by our government. It aims to expose the stories of racial discrimination and violence that have occurred in Florida since the 1950s and how difficult it has been for African Americans to live a comfortable life. I believe this book did a good job offering a lot of information and history while "presenting new views of Florida's racial past and encouraging new ideas about what civil rights meant to constituencies across the state and possibly the nation." In Key Jr's study he stated that based on its demographic and geographic characteristics it was found to be "barely part of the South" while it emitted only a "faint cry of tropical rebellion" for the most part it was "a world unto itself" and I don't agree with this at all. After the Brown case, Florida clung to the Old South, which involved segregation and its ugly images of the African Americas, trying to push them away from the beaches, schools, restaurants and auditoriums. Not only were they separated, but they were treated unequally. Luckily there were the brave ones who were not afraid of the "Pork Choppers", the police and the discriminators and fought for the community and its rights. The problem with all this discrimination is that it is destroying the foundations that our ancestors laid for us, it is taking away our rights as human beings. African Americans are people too and they fought for what they deserved even though they were constantly discriminated against. Although Florida began as separate but unequal, what appears to be… middle of paper… its era has proven virtually powerless. The government was full of corrupt and evil minds who only cared about themselves and their families, not the betterment of Florida as a state. African Americans could have generated more revenue than tourists created in 1900 because in reality most would have worked cheaper, allowing people to have more income through less spending, but instead they were concerned about something as insignificant as the skin color and allowed themselves to lose not only money but also respect for their race. I really enjoyed this chapter and thought it contained a lot of information that I had no idea about and allowed me to be aware of the history of what happened in Daytona Beach regarding the civil rights movement. I really liked the way the information was presented - simple and very powerful facts, especially about work and poverty rates.