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Location of Kings Road Marker and 1960 Civil Rights Demonstration Marker. Kings road was a travel route used by the Timucua then later the Spanish and English, who gave it it's current name.
The 1960 Civil Rights marker denotes an August 27th sit-in staged by about 40 youth of the local NAACP at a W.T. Grant Dept Store and Woolworths. The day has become known as "axe-handle Saturday" as 150+ white men descended on the demonstrators and beat them with axe handles and bats.

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Expanded Tour of the Timucuan Preserve

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colonialism , florida , historic , monuments , naacp , jacksonville , civilrights , sitin