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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 history or the Civil Rights Movement.
Hurst’s new book, It was never about a hot dog and a Coke, released in January, 2008, 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.
Though lunch counter sit-in and other demonstrations were very visible in 1960, Mr. Hurst is quick to point out that demonstrations were about “…human dignity and respect. Lunch counters were just visible and convenient vestiges to attack racial discrimination.”
In addition to his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, Hurst’s years of service in the Jacksonville Community include, two four-year terms on the Jacksonville City Council; one of the first thirteen national recipients of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Fellowships; and the first Black to co-host a television talk show in Jacksonville. Hurst has served on the boards of several state and national organizations, most notably the Arrangements Committee of the 1980 National Democratic Convention.
Hurst remains active in the Jacksonville community and serves on several local organizational and agency boards, including the Jacksonville, Florida NAACP Executive Board. He is the recipient of numerous recognitions and awards and is a subscribing Silver Life Member of the NAACP. He also holds membership in the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. He is a member of the Bethel Baptist Institutional Church in Jacksonville Florida where he actively serves in the Fine Arts Ministry.
He and his wife Ann have been married for more than 41 years. They have two sons, Todd, and Rodney, and two granddaughters Marquiette, and Jasmine. His hobbies are Oldies and Motown music, and he spends what he calls quality time, as an “Oldies” DJ.
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“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 Managing Editor & Awards Director, more than 700 books were entered in the Regional competition. http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1294
“It was never about a hot dog and a Coke®!” subtitled “A Personal Account of the 1960 Sit-in Demonstrations in Jacksonville, Florida and Ax Handle Saturday” and published by WingSpan Press, recounts the times, the mood, and the political and racial climate in Jacksonville, Florida during the civil rights movement in the late fifties and early sixties.
Hurst and “It was never about a hot dog and a Coke®!” has compiled an impressive array of awards. Hurst recently won the Bronze Medal for Nonfiction in the 2008 Florida Book Awards; the Inaugural Stetson Kennedy Award (2009) presented by the Florida Historical Society for books which cast light on historic Florida events in a manner which is supportive of human rights, and traditional cultures; and the 2009 Historic Preservation Award from the Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission.
“It was never about a hot dog and a Coke®!” Book Awards:
1-2009 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY)
Silver Medal-Southeast Region Best Regional Nonfiction
2-Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission
2009 Historical Preservation Award
3-The Florida Historical Society
Inaugural Stetson Kennedy Award (2009)
4-The Florida Book Awards
2008 Bronze Medal Winner
5-The National Best Books 2008 Awards
Winner-Multi-Cultural Nonfiction
6-2008 Sabrina Book Reviews
Winner-General Nonfiction
7-2008 Sabrina Book Reviews
Winner-Best Book-2008
8-2008 Reader Views Literary Awards South East Region
Winner-Nonfiction
9-2008 Premier Book Awards
Second Place-Memoir/Autobiography
10-2008 Beach Book Festival
Runner-up-Biography/Autobiography
“It was never about a hot dog and a Coke®!” is available in Jacksonville, Florida at Borders Book Store on Southside Blvd, the Book Tique at the Downtown Jacksonville Public Library on Laura St., the San Marco Book Store, Amazon.com (and most online book stores), and (personalized autographed copies) through the book’s web site, rodneyhurst.com.