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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Thursday, President Trump officially accepts the Republican presidential nomination on the final night of the Republican ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. -- 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 ...
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 ...
A man charged in the beating of a woman with an ax handle was convicted Thursday. Kevin Daniel Driggers was convicted on charges of kidnapping, second degree burglary and assault and batter in the ...