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It’s been 65 years since Ax Handle Saturday. A ceremony will honor those who fought for equality in Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Wednesday marks 65 years since a mob of white men attacked Black teenagers for attempting to integrate lunch counters in downtown Jacksonville, an attack known as Ax Handle ...
WolverinesWire

Civil Rights Trail: where movement and Jacksonville marked each other

The expansion of the U.S. Civil Rights Trail illustrates how all the facets of the Civil Rights Movement unfolded in ...
Yahoo

My father fought a mob during Ax Handle Saturday in 1960—I learned about it at 42

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Screenshot from News4JAX local package on Ax Handle Saturday. It was a part of history where my father played a central role. But ...
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‘No protect and serve’: 65 years since Ax Handle Saturday, a racist attack in downtown Jacksonville

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 ...
WTKR

As it hosts the RNC, Jacksonville will face its past racial history

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Like its namesake, President Andrew Jackson, Jacksonville is a city where race plays a prominent role in its history. “We do have our issues,” said Isaiah Rumlin, president of the ...
News4Jax

The Sit-In Experience: Ax-Handle Saturday

Darryl Reuben Hall of Stage Aurora discusses their next production, The Sit-In Experience: Ax-Handle Saturday on Sunday, August 24 at 3:00pm at WJCT Studios with Free Admission. The event will be a ...
AOL

My father fought a mob during Ax Handle Saturday in 1960—I learned about it at 42

OPINION: I was 42 when I learned that Dr. Arnett Elyus Girardeau Sr. stood between Black teenagers and a white mob in 1960 Jacksonville — and why that history was buried. Editor’s note: The following ...
The Grio

My father fought a mob during Ax Handle Saturday in 1960—I learned about it at 42

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. I was 42 years old when I first heard the story of my father’s role in Ax ...