Built by St. Johns County, Excelsior was the first public high school for Black students...
Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose was the first legally sanctioned free Black community in the United States. It became the northernmost point of Defense for the S...
Pedro Menendez founds San Augustin as the capital of La Florida. His party is said to have included free and enslaved Africans...
They successfully raised enough funds to remove the school building's dilapidated roof and install tie beams to stabilize the walls, which saved the historic schoolh...
All that remains of 167 Gault Street.
British forces capture Havana, a major port of the Spanish Empire that was considered far more important than St. Augustine...
Leader of the St. Augustine Civil Rights Movement.
Anthropologist, author, preserver of memories.
An account of Fort Mose is published in The Journal of Negro History, written by Zora Neale Hurston.
The baseball star spoke at St. Paul AME Church, urging the audience to register to vote...
Director J. Edgar Hoover received this report, which detailed the racial climate in North Florida...
MLK was an orator, Reverend, and iconic Civil Rights activist.
Historic District founded by freed people in 1866.
First Public school for Black students in the city.
Lincolnville Neighborhood is listed as a Historic District in the National Register of Historic Places...
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...
Leader of the fort and town of Mose.
Fifty more enslaved African people were purchased to take the place of paid and enslaved Indigenous workers at the Castillo de San Marcos...
Ownership of Fort Marion transferred to the National Park Service.
