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

• Author(s): Rodney L. Hurst,
• Publisher: Rodney Hurst
• Pages: 189
• ISBN_10: 1595942017
  ISBN_13: 9781595942012
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) , Political Science / Civil Rights , Political Science / American Government / State , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Discrimination , Social Science / Race & Ethnic Relations ,

Description:... 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, "It was never about a hot dog and a Coke" chronicles the racial and political climate of Jacksonville, Florida in the late fifties, the events leading up to that infamous day, and the aftermath.