JACKSONVILLE, FLA. – U.S. Rep. Al Lawson (FL-05) introduced H.Res.1088 on August 18 to designate James Weldon Johnson Park in Jacksonville, Florida as part of the National Park Service's African American Civil Rights Network. The site, formerly Hemming Park, stood at the center of the August 27, 1960 race riot — known as Ax Handle Saturday — where a mob […]