The 63rd Anniversary of the Jacksonville Youth Council NAACP 1960 sit-ins and Ax Handle Saturday is THIS Sunday at the Jessie in Downtown Jacksonville.

Ax Handle Saturday refers to the racially-motivated attack that occurred on August 27, 1960, in Jacksonville, Florida, during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. A group of white supremacists, including members of the Ku Klux Klan, assaulted peaceful African American protesters who were participating in a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter. The attackers used ax handles and other weapons to brutally beat the protesters, resulting in injuries and escalating tensions. The incident highlighted the pervasive racism and violence faced by African Americans seeking equal rights and desegregation, and it served as a catalyst for further civil rights activism and the fight against racial injustice.

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