BLSA Meeting Next Week-Guest Speaker Rodney Hurst

BLSA Family,

Our next General Body meeting will be held on

Thursday, February 18th from Noon - 1:15 pm in FCSL Room 455.

We will have a very special Guest Speaker

Rodney Hurst

Edward Waters College Alum and Award-Winning author of

"It was Never About a Hot Dog and a Coke",

where Hurst gives his personal account of the 1960 sit-ins right here in Jacksonville and Ax Handle Saturday.

Below is an excerpt from Mr. Hurst's website:"I want to share with you a facet of Jacksonville's history very few are willing to discuss, let alone embrace. Although its darkness may give Jacksonville's reputation a black eye, the eye-opening details, when synthesized, provide a remarkable history worth telling.

The peaceful protests of teenagers who dared to challenge segregated white lunch counters is not a myth or an urban legend. Nor is the attack by more than 200 whites with baseball bats and ax handles on 34 Black NAACP Youth Council members on August 27, 1960.
Today's generation must understand the circumstances and the times that led to this racially explosive and violent day in Jacksonville's history. Regardless of what you have heard or seen about sit-in demonstrations, it was never about eating a hot dog and drinking a Coke! It was always about human dignity and respect."
The Struggle Continues…Rodney L. Hurst, Sr.
Please visit Mr. Hurst's website at http://www.rodneyhurst.com/ for more information.

We strongly encourage you to join us for what we anticipate will be an afternoon of fellowship and learning!

As Always, LUNCH WILL BE SERVED! :)