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Item Type
Image
Creation Date
8-2000
Description
40th Anniversary group photo taken with Florida Heritage Landmark sign in James Weldon Johnson Park (formerly Hemming Plaza) in Downtown Jacksonville, Florida. The historic marker commemorates Ax Handle Saturday and the local Civil Rights demonstrations of 1960. Pictured from left: Richard McKissick, Mary Ann Pearson, Rodney Hurst, Alton Yates, Arnett Girardeau
Box: 5 Photo: L1
Rights Statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Keywords
Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Papers; Hurst, Rodney Lawrence, Sr.; Hurst, Rodney L.; African Americans--Civil Rights--Florida--Jacksonville--History--20th century--Sources.; Civil Rights Demonstrations – Jacksonville; Civil Rights Demonstrations -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- History -- 20th century—Sources; Jacksonville (Fla.) – History – 20th Century; Jacksonville (Fla.) - Race relations; Downtown Jacksonville (Fla.); NAACP--Jacksonville Branch (Jacksonville, Fla)--History--20th century--Sources; NAACP--Youth Council--History--20th century--Sources; NAACP--Youth Council--Jacksonville Branch--History--20th century--Sources.; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Jacksonville Branch (Jacksonville Fla.); National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Youth Council.; Ax Handle Saturday (1960: Jacksonville, Fla.); Girardeau, Arnett; Yates, Alton 1936-; Pearson, Mary Ann; McKissick, Richard