Ax Handle Saturday

Civil rights conference makes Jacksonville debut after 2-year pandemic delay

The event coincides with the 62nd anniversary of Ax Handle Saturday, when a mob of white men chased and beat Black people in Downtown Jacksonville.

Rodney Hurst speaking on a platform, with a picture of the young black demonstrators in the background, the podium that Hurst is speaking on has flowers in front of it.

First Coast

Ax Handle Saturday Remembered 60 Years Later At Newly Renamed Park

Sky Lebron

Civil Rights activists, community leaders and Jacksonville City Council members attended a gathering Thursday in what is now called James Weldon Johnson…

people mill around a plaza in front of a 60th anniversary backdrop

First Coast

James Weldon Johnson Park Added To National African American Civil Rights Network

Brendan Rivers

The newly named James Weldon Johnson Park in Downtown Jacksonville has been added to the African American Civil Rights Network on Thursday, the 60th…

First Coast Connect

8/23/2018: Craig Unger; Hope And History Mural Project; Lakewood Presbyterian Party; Kerry Speckman

Kevin Meerschaert

Thursday on First Coast Connect we spoke with bestselling author Craig Unger. He’s written the book House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of…

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During Tense First Meeting, Task Force Debates Applying For U.S. Civil Rights Trail

Ryan Benk

There’s some disagreement about whether Jacksonville should apply to be part of a newly-created U.S. Civil Rights Trail.That was a sticking point…