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IT WAS NEVER ABOUT A HOT DOG AND A COKE
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When eleven-year old Rodney Hurst accepted his American History teacher’s invitation to join the Jacksonville Youth Council NAACP, he could not have guessed at the enormous impact it would have on his life, Jacksonville, Florida history or the Civil Rights Movement. Hurst’s award winning book, “It was never about a hot dog and a Coke®!”, is subtitled “A Personal Account of the 1960 Sit-in Demonstrations in Jacksonville, Florida and Ax Handle Saturday” and recounts the events leading up to and the fallout from the bloody events of August 27, 1960.
Hurst writes with clarity and an historical eye as he details the times, the mood and the people of Jacksonville in a time of high racial tension and change. Part memoir, part history and part biography, “It was never about a hot dog and a Coke®! ” provides a chronicle of the pivotal events and an in-depth look at the players whose lives and actions helped make Jacksonville and America what it is today.
The book is a captivating history lesson, whether you were there, only heard the stories, or, as is the case with so many people today, know next to nothing about the violent years of the Civil Rights struggle.
Hurst has received critical acclaim for “It was never about a hot dog and a Coke®!” winning the 2008 USA Book News Book Award for Multi-Cultural Non-Fiction. Hurst’s book also won the 2008 Sabrina Book Reviews Award for Best General Non-Fiction Book and shared the 2008 Sabrina Book Reviews Award as the Top Book of the Year.
When eleven-year old Rodney Hurst accepted his American History teacher’s invitation to join the Jacksonville Youth Council NAACP, he could not have guessed at the enormous impact it would have on his life, Jacksonville, Florida history or the Civil Rights Movement. Hurst’s award winning book, “It was never about a hot dog and a Coke®!”, is subtitled “A Personal Account of the 1960 Sit-in Demonstrations in Jacksonville, Florida and Ax Handle Saturday” and recounts the events leading up to and the fallout from the bloody events of August 27, 1960.
Hurst writes with clarity and an historical eye as he details the times, the mood and the people of Jacksonville in a time of high racial tension and change. Part memoir, part history and part biography, “It was never about a hot dog and a Coke®! ” provides a chronicle of the pivotal events and an in-depth look at the players whose lives and actions helped make Jacksonville and America what it is today.
The book is a captivating history lesson, whether you were there, only heard the stories, or, as is the case with so many people today, know next to nothing about the violent years of the Civil Rights struggle.
Hurst has received critical acclaim for “It was never about a hot dog and a Coke®!” winning the 2008 USA Book News Book Award for Multi-Cultural Non-Fiction. Hurst’s book also won the 2008 Sabrina Book Reviews Award for Best General Non-Fiction Book and shared the 2008 Sabrina Book Reviews Award as the Top Book of the Year.
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“It was never about a hot dog and a Coke®!” adds another award
“It was never about a hot dog and a Coke®!” by author Rodney L. Hurst, Sr. is a 2009 Silver Medal Winner in the South East Best Regional Non-Fiction Category of the Independent Publishers Book Awards. The “IPPY” Awards were conceived as a broad-based, unaffiliated awards program open to all members of the independent publishing industry, and are open to authors and publishers worldwide who produce books written in English and intended for the North American market. According the Jim Barnes, IPPY… Continue
Posted on May 10, 2009 at 9:26am —
CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR THE AWARD WINNING “IT WAS NEVER ABOUT A HOT DOG AND A COKE®” “This book is awe…
CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR THE AWARD WINNING
“IT WAS NEVER ABOUT A HOT DOG AND A COKE®”
“This book is awesome and eye opening. This is a book everyone, regardless of race, religion or creed, should read. I hope teachers everywhere will consider this book as part of curriculum in American History classes. I also hope it can be a tool to opening people's eyes to the damage stupidity and ignorance can bring. Bless Mr. Hurst for this non-media biased peek into the events of that era in our history.”
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“IT WAS NEVER ABOUT A HOT DOG AND A COKE®”
“This book is awesome and eye opening. This is a book everyone, regardless of race, religion or creed, should read. I hope teachers everywhere will consider this book as part of curriculum in American History classes. I also hope it can be a tool to opening people's eyes to the damage stupidity and ignorance can bring. Bless Mr. Hurst for this non-media biased peek into the events of that era in our history.”
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Posted on January 13, 2009 at 11:54pm —
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