“Jacksonville was in a very difficult period in the mid-1960s,” said Chris Hand, a government law attorney and author of the book ‘The 50th Anniversary’ update to “A Quiet Revolution” chronicling the consolidation.
A unique municipality was established here in Florida and one of only a few around the country. That consolidation followed a very dark period in this city’s history. There were promises made in the consolidation campaign and more than half a century later many of those promises remain unfulfilled.
The promises made more than half a century ago stemmed from a confluence of challenges and racial injustice. And there were a myriad of infrastructure problems that were supposed to be fixed that remain today.
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