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Title It was never about a hot dog and a Coke! : a personal account of the 1960 sit-in demonstrations in Jacksonville, Florida and Ax Handle Saturday / Rodney L. Hurst Sr.
Author Hurst, Rodney L.
Publication Info. Livermore, CA : WingSpan Press, c2008.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  323.1196 HUR    Check Shelves
Edition 1st ed.
Description x,191 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Summary "On August 27, 1960, more than 200 whites with ax handles and baseball bats attacked members of the Jacksonville Youth Council NAACP in downtown Jacksonville who were sitting in at white lunch counters protesting racism and segregation. Referred to as Ax Handle Saturday, [this book] chronicles the racial and political climate of Jacksonville, Florida in the late fifties, the events leading up to that infamous day, and the aftermath."--from jacket.
Subject Hurst, Rodney L.
Civil rights demonstrations -- Florida -- Jacksonville.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- History -- 20th century.
Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Race relations.
Jacksonville (Fla.) -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9781595941954 (paperback) : $13.45
1595941959 (paperback)