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The Rachel Maddow Show

but they went after him, too. and with images like this coming out of jacksonville, you can see why this explosion of racist violence on august 27th in jacksonville, florida, 1960, you can see why it got national news. it ended up, this photo, in "life" magazine and also ended up on the front page of the "new york times." "violence flares in jacksonville." 50 injured as white gangs clash with negros. in "life" magazine, on the front page of the "new york times." you know where it didn't end up on the front page was the main white newspaper in jacksonville, florida. "florida times union." they didn't cover the sit-ins at the downtown lunch counters at all and when it came to the white race riot on august 27th they buried coverage of that on page 15 of the paper. which is all the more amazing when you consider that after the initial frenzied attack,

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The Rachel Maddow Show

weeks into this process, the local ku klux klan held its own meating to plan not just resistance but a violent counterattack to stop these kids. and we know this. there is documentary proof of it because the local klan in jacksonville at the time included one man who volunteered to be an fbi informant inside the klan and he gave the minutes of the klan meeting from august 24th, 1960, to the fbi. this meeting in which they planned to attack these young people from the naacp youth council. the fbi then alerted the local sheriff's office that the klan was planning a violent attack. local authorities, local law enforcement knew the whole plan in advance. they knew the klan was planning to bring hundreds of white men downtown into jacksonville the following saturday, august 27th, whereupon they would have stashed baseball bats and ax handles to use as their weapons.

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The Rachel Maddow Show

bloodied and dazed, he actually was not an activist. he had not been part of the lunch counter sedans at all. his name was charlie griffin. he was just a high school junior. just a bystander. but they went after him to. and with images like this coming out of jacksonville. you can see why this explosion of racist violence on august 27th in jacksonville, florida. 1960. if you could see why it got national news. if youit ended, up this voghelld life magazine. it also ended up in lifetimes. injured, as white clans clashed with [bleep]. you know where it didn't end up on the wet front page? in the newspaper, in the white part of florida. it didn't cover the sedans that white counters at all.

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The Rachel Maddow Show

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

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The Rachel Maddow Show

into jacksonville the following saturday, august 27th. whereupon they would've stashed baseball bats and ax handles. to use as their weapons. the informant said that the cohen's initial plan had been theatrical. they had planned to have a white woman for tend to have been attacked by young, black men who are trying to desegregate the lunch counters. they said that the plan was to, the informant said that the plan was to get this woman near to where the sudden demonstration was happening. and then she would collapse. and say that she had been attacked and that's why she had collapsed. and they thought that that would give the clansmen all the cover that they need to open up the gates of hell in downtown jacksonville. in the end though that was their plan. they decided they did not need the pretext of the women pretending to be attacked. the women attending to collapse. the clansmen stashed back sandals and baseball bats in the bushes in downtown

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The Rachel Maddow Show

jacksonville, florida, 1960, you can see why it got national news. it ended up, this photo, in "life" magazine and also ended up on the front page of the "new york times." "violence flares in jacksonville." 50 injured as white gangs clash with negros. in "life" magazine, on the front page of the "new york times." you know where it didn't end up on the front page was the main white newspaper in jacksonville, florida.pa "florida times union." they didn't cover the sit-ins at the downtown lunch counters at all, and when it came to the he white race riot on august 27th they buried coverage of that on page 15 of 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 ax handles, after that initial, frenzied attack, the rioting in jacksonville actually

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The Rachel Maddow Show

contain themselves and it turned into just a free for all. and, yes, the naacp youth council was set upon, airman second class alton yates was cracked across the skull. they also just went after everybody who was black in wh downtown jacksonville that day including women and kids and men who had nothing to do with the demonstration at all who were just passersby. this photo appeared in "life" magazine at the time. you see that young man bloodied and dazed. he actually was not an activist. he had not been part of the lunch counter sit-ins at all. his name was charlie griffin. he was just a high school junior, just a bystander. but they went after him, too. and with images like this coming out of jacksonville, you can see why this explosion of racist violence on august 27th in

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The Rachel Maddow Show

meeting to plan not just resistance but a violent counterattack to stop these kids. and we know this. there is documentary proof of it because the local klan in jacksonville at the time included one man who volunteered to be an fbi informant inside the klan and he gave the minutef of the klan meeting from august 24th, 1960, to the fbi. this meeting in which they planned to attack these young people from the naacp youth a council. the fbi then alerted the local sheriff's office that the klan was planning a violent attack. local authorities, local law or enforcement knew the whole plan in advance. they knew the klan was planning to bring hundreds of white men downtown into jacksonville the following saturday, august 27th, whereupon they would have stashed baseball bats and ax handles to use as their weapons. the informant said the klan's initial plan had been sort of theatrical.an they planned to have a white woman pretend to have been attacked by young black men who were trying to desegregate the lunch counters.

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CNN This Morning Weekend

to "cnn this morning." it is sunday, august 27th. i'm amara walker. >> i'm rahel solomon in for victor blackwell. we are following several developing stories this morning. at least three marines are dead and several others hurt after their helicopter crashed during a training exercise overseas. we have new details just ahead in a live report. the shooting was racially motivated. >> three black victims gunned down at a store in historic black neighborhood in jacksonville. more about the white gunman and his hate-filled manifesto. and we are monitoring two storms in the atlantic that will impact the u.s. this week. meteorologist allison chinchar with the forecast. a pivotal week for former white house chief of staff mark meadows. he fights to get his case moved to federal court.

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CNN This Morning Weekend

he was resting, came in as a sub at the hour mark and then did what messi does. put new york's defense in a blender, on the give and go from ben cremaschi in just nine games for miami, 11 goals. that leads the team in scoring and, of course, he won the first ever trophy last week with the league's cup title. check out the reaction in times square in manhattan. simply awesome. messi and miami win 2-0. when he comes to atlanta in a couple of weeks, the tickets in the nosebleeds normally $19, are going for $160. >> of course they are. i was talking about this. when he coming? i want to be in the same stadium as lionel messi. thank you. ♪ ♪ good morning and welcome to "cnn this morning." it is sunday, august 27th. i'm rahel solomon in for victor

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