JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A mob of white men wielding ax handles charges toward a crowd of Black people in Downtown Jacksonville. Then, the beatings begin. That's the scene depicted in a newly unearthed ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Sunday marked 63 years since Ax Handle Saturday unfolded in Jacksonville and a commemoration was held at Jessie Ball duPont Center on Adams Street. On August 27, 1960, a mob of ...
Jacksonville, Fla. — It’s been 60 years since violence broke out in Downtown Jacksonville now known as “Ax Handle Saturday”. The unrest happened following civil rights protests, mostly sit-ins, by ...
Wednesday marks 65 years since Ax Handle Saturday, a brutal racist attack on a peaceful lunch counter-protest in downtown Jacksonville. On August 27, 1960, the protest against segregation turned ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Thursday, Aug. 27, marked 60 years since Ax Handle Saturday. A day known as one of the darkest days in the history of Jacksonville. To commemorate the courage of those who put ...
The history of the Jacksonville riot of 1960, was a racially motivated attack. Ax Handle Saturday, also known as the Jacksonville riot of 1960, was a racially motivated attack that took place in ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- August 27 marks the anniversary of one of the more horrendous events in Jacksonville's history. It was 56 years ago when the brutal attack that became known as "Ax Handle ...