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A B&W view down Charlotte St. Two Black women stand in the foreground on the right, with several others walking in the background.

Historical People

Collage with red patterned background. Pencil portrait of a Black woman in Spanish colonial garb in the foreground.

Luisa de Abrego

First documented Christian bride in the United States.

Collage over a red textured background. An illustrated portrait of General Jorge Biassou, a Black man in a colonial hat and military uniform.

Jorge Biassou

Florida's first Black general.

Collage with red patterned background. B&W bust photo of Frank Butler in foreground.

Frank B. Butler

Entrepreneur and founder of historic Butler Beach.

B&W illustration of a Black man dressed in Seminole garb.

John Cavallo

The most prominent Black Seminole leader.

Frederick Douglass photographed in 1862

Frederick Douglass

Writer, abolitionist, and political leader.

B&W isolated portrait of Rabbi Israel Dresner photoshopped onto a patterened red background.

Rabbi Israel Dresner

America's most arrested rabbi.

A colored image of Dr. R. B. Hayling, circa 2014. He is an old Black man with white hair and perceptive eyes.

Dr. Robert B. Hayling

Leader of the St. Augustine Civil Rights Movement.

Collage with red pattenred background. B&W bust of Zora Neale Hurston in foreground, she is smiling wide and has a drumstick in one hand.

Zora Neale Hurston

Anthropologist, author, preserver of memories.

Shoulders-up B&W portrait of Dr. King gazing into the camera.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

MLK was an orator, Reverend, and iconic Civil Rights activist.

An older Black man dressed in the garb of a 1700s Spanish Soldier standing in the green space of Fort Mose Historic State Park.

Francisco Menendez

Leader of the fort and town of Mose.

Sepia photograph of an old Black man (Luis Fatio Pacheco) in a hat and suit. His white beard circles his chin from ear to ear.

Luis Fatio Pacheco

Polyglot, Interpreter, Freedom-seeker.

Collage with red patterned background. Foreground shows a sepia bust portrait of Dr. D.W. Roberts.

Dr. D.W. Roberts

Trailblazing physician, public servant.

B&W, classroom of young Black students seated at desks, priest and Sister stand behind.

Sisters of St. Joseph

One of the first Catholic orders to educate Black people after the Civil War.

B&W portrait of Richard Twine, edited to add drop shadow.

Richard Aloysius Twine

St. Augustine’s first professional Black photographer.

Two B&W portraits collaged onto a red patterned background. Katherine Twine (left) and Henry Twine (right) are older Black people in formal clothes.

Henry & Kat Twine

Prominent local activists and public figures.

Barbara Vickers (an older Black woman wearing glasses) stands in front of the bronze monument to the St. Augustine Foot Soldiers.

Barbara Henry Vickers

Local WWII patriot and Civil Rights activist.

Sepia-toned lined portrait of Black Seminole leader Abraham. He holds the muzzle of a gun, a headwrap, and furs on his shoulders.

Abraham

Counsel to Seminole Chief Micanopy.

Illustration of a Black man in Seminole garb. dark cloudy BG.

Nero

Leader during the First Seminole War.

A Black woman in 1800s garb holding out laundry in front of her.

Rosa

Enslaved woman who lived during the Second Spanish Period.

Collage on a textured red background. B&W cut-out of Andrew Young circa 1976, sitting with a hand to his temple.

Andrew Young

Pastor, politician, and pivotal civil rights activist.