| Ax Handle Saturday |
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| Date | August 27, 1960 (August 27, 1960) |
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White rioters |
Black protesters |
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Daytona
- Florida ex Rel. Hawkins v. Board of Control 1956
- Daytona Beach sit-ins 1960
Jacksonville
Miami
St. Augustine
St. Petersburg, Fl
Tallahassee
Other localities
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Ax Handle Saturday, also known as the Jacksonville riot of 1960, was a racially motivated attack in Hemming Park (since renamed James Weldon Johnson Park) in Jacksonville, Florida, on August 27, 1960. A group of about 200 white men used baseball bats and ax handles to attack black people who were in sit-in protests opposing racial segregation.