the anniversary of what has become known as ax handle saturday such a dramatic name but they really did stockpile and hand out ax handles and use them in an orgy of white violence against any black person they could find in jacksonville that day and that night and the night after. ax handle saturday. this weekend on saturday in washington, d.c. there was a big commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the march on washington. 60 years since a quarter million americans came to washington to press peacefully for civil rights. march on washington is of course one of the red letter, most important days in american history. it s just a moral apex moment for this country that still would be remembered as such even if it hadn t provided the setting for one of the most important and beloved speeches in the modern world. the i have a dream speech from
florida times union newspaper in recent years has tried to make up for the dismal role that it played in these events. they have since devoted serious coverage to the annual anniversary of what has become known as ax handle sandra day. such a dramatic name but they did stockpile and hand out axe handles and use them in an orange-y of white violence against any black person that they could find. in jacksonville that day in that night and the night after. ax handle saturday. this weekend, on saturday and watching ten, the sea. there was a big commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the march on washington. 60 years since a quarter million americans came to washington to protest peacefully for civil rights. march on washington is one of the red letter, most important days in american history. a moral apex moment for this