Selections from the Rodney L. Hurst, Sr. Papers
The collection consists of papers and memorabilia related to civil rights history in Jacksonville and Hurst’s experiences as a member of the NAACP Youth Council in the 1960’s. The collection focuses on the NAACP sit-ins of stores surrounding James Weldon Johnson Park (formerly Hemming Plaza), and Hurst’s book about Ax Handle Saturday It Was Never About a Hot Dog and a Coke! To learn more about this collection, please see the archival finding aid as well as the collection home within the UNF Digital Commons.
Youth Council Meeting
Fair Play Is The Democratic Way
Flyer: Jacksonville March for Jobs & Freedom. Saturday, October 5, 1963
Outside F.W. Woolworth Co. Building
Crowd of Spectators Gathered Outside F.W. Woolworth and Co. Building
Ministers Being Arrested
Picketing, Leb's Restaurant
Picketing Outside Downtown Stores
Khrushchev Can Eat Here Why Can't We?
Demonstrators During Sit-Ins
Confrontation Outside Woolworth
Book Information and Talk at Ritz Theatre and Lavilla Museum