and when it came to the race riot on august 27th, they buried coverage of that on page 15 at the paper. which is all the more amazing when you consider that after the initial frenzied attack, hundreds of white men running through the downtown, chasing people down and beating them with axe handles. after that initial frenzied attack, the writing in jacksonville actually continued for two more nights. the florida times union, the paper, the wreck paper, they did not seem to mention. it was just a hurricane of violence. in the end, the kids, the young people organized the protests over the lunch counters. they won. they started those protests, like i said august 1960. by the spring of 1961, jacksonville had quietly integrated its downtown lunch counters. and, it took longer, but the
hero, the naacp youth council in jacksonville, florida. decided in 1960. august 1960. august 16th to be specific that they too would have segregated lunch sedans. they would have black people say that the white lunch counters and segregated florida. the first one was on the 13th. they were buried it, attacked, the lunch counters were closed down in the middle of the day rather than serve those young people. the lights were turned off. the kids, nevertheless decided that they would keep doing it. and they would expanded to include all the counties in downtown jacksonville. the first one had been on august 13th. by august 16th, they have not just the resistance of attacks but in the moment they had an organized resistance. the white citizens council in jacksonville convened a meeting august 16th in which they
greensboro, north carolina, had started this new tactic sitting in at segregated lunch counters. that tactic moved from greensboro, north carolina and soon spread all over the south. by august, 1960 it had spread to jacksonville, florida, the home of alton yates. a local naacp in 1960 had a youth council. the president of the youth council was all of 16 years old. he was a high school student named rodney hearst. the vice president of the naacp council in jacksonville was this recently discharged hero airman, alton yates. and under their leadership, this high school kid and this recently discharged hero, usairman, the naacp youth council in jacksonville, florida decided in 1960, august, 1960, august 13th to be specific, that
hundreds of white men running through the downtown chasing people down and beating them with ax handles, after that initial, frenzied attack, the rioting in jacksonville actually continued for two more nights. the florida town union the white paper of record did not see fit to mention it. it was just a hurricane of violence. in the end, the kids, the young people who organized those protests at the lunch counters, they won. they started those protests like i said in august, 1960. by the spring of 1961, jacksonville had quietly integrated its downtown lunch counters. and it took longer but the florida times union newspaper in recent years has tried to make up for the dismal role that it played in these events. it has in years since covered
and for that young man who had been serving his country, he was 23, 24 years old at the time. there was a lot in the air. in february, 1960, students in greensboro, north carolina had started this new tactic, sitting in at segregated lunch towers. that tactic moved from greensboro north carolina to spread all over the south by august 1960 it had spread to jacksonville, florida. the hold of fulton yates. the local naacp in 1960 had a youth council? the president of the youth council was all of 16 years old. it was a high school student named rodney hearst, the vice president of the naacp youth council in jacksonville was this recently discharged, hero airmen. i ll tinny eight. and under their leadership, the high school kid and discharged