Home of local civil rights leader.
Florida's first Civil Rights museum.
This African-American owned bookstore focuses on the literature of the African diaspora.
An unnamed Black citizen who attended a meeting between NAACP and St. Augustine city officials on June 16 receives an anonymous threat to "Watch out for the KKK." Th...
Resort founded during Jim Crow Era.
Lincolnville hub during Civil Rights Movement.
Historically Black College that once stood in St. Augustine.
Dedicated to honoring the local activists who were the driving force in St. Augustine's Civil Rights Movement, this bronze monument stands in St. Augustine's Plaza d...
Leader of the St. Augustine Civil Rights Movement.
MLK was an orator, Reverend, and iconic Civil Rights activist.
First Public school for Black students in the city.
St. Augustine radio station WFOY reported in their morning show that Black leaders in St. Augustine are arming themselves in the battle for equal rights. While the s...
In a televised speech that is now infamous, President John F. Kennedy expressed that America was being faced with "a moral issue ... as old as the scriptures and as...
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150 students from Richard J. Murray High School held a peaceful protest against segregation at the Hotel Ponce de Leon, now Flagler College. Police were called, and...
Dedicated to honoring the local activists in St. Augustine's Civil Rights Movement.
During an 'as usual' day of picketing for youth demonstrators in St. Augustine, sixteen teenagers were arrested at four different lunch counters in the city. Among t...
Local WWII patriot and Civil Rights activist.
Outdoor exhibit commemorating Civil Rights.
A significant historic community.
Led by NAACP advisor Dr. R. B. Hayling, these demonstrations were conducted on the sidewalks and streets of historic downtown St. Augustine. The young demonstrators...
