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St. Augustine Civil Rights


"Before King Came: The Foundations of Civil Rights Movement ...

In 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called St. Augustine, Florida, the most racist city in America. The resulting demonstrations and violence in the summer ...

Activist remembers King, St. Augustine's civil rights struggle

St. Augustine's James Jackson was arrested alongside Martin Luther King in the notorious Monson Motor Lodge incident in 1964.

Letter: St. Augustine's role in Civil Rights movement largely forgotten

Augustine was the most important place in Florida in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested there, and ...

The 'Father' of St. Augustine's Civil Rights Movement

Considered to be the Father of the Civil Rights movement in St. Augustine, Florida, Dr. Robert Hayling discusses the fight for civil rights there.

Martin Luther King drew support for civil rights in 1964 St. Augustine

In 1964, St. Augustine was strife with racial divide, and Martin Luther King Jr. planned to use the historic city as a platform for national change.

Civil Rights in Colonial St. Augustine - National Park Service

Founded in 1565, St. Augustine, Florida is the oldest continuous occupied settlement of European and African American origin in the United States.

St. Augustine's Civil Rights Movement | C-SPAN.org

Professor Michael Butler talked about the Civil Rights Movement in St. Augustine, Florida, and visited some of the key locations of the ...

Archival Footage: St. Augustine, FL Wade-In - Facebook

Civil Rights protestors held nonviolent “wade-ins” at segregated hotel pools & beaches, with the largest demonstration at Butler Beach on June 25th.

The St. Augustine Movement (1963–1964) | Post News Group

Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were preparing to launch a campaign to end racial discrimination in St. Augustine, Fla ...

Dr. Robert B. Hayling | Visit St. Augustine

Dr. Robert B. Hayling grew up in Tallahassee, Florida, as a middle brother of four siblings. His mother was a Creole woman from Louisiana, and his father was ...

Local woman known as 'Housemother' of St. Augustine Civil Rights ...

A St. Augustine woman is one of many unsung heroes of the Civil Rights movement who was a trailblazer for women working in health care.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in St. Augustine - Historic Coast Culture

Augustine was gearing up for its 400th anniversary, tensions rose as racial segregation came to the forefront and began to make headlines.

St. Augustine played key role in civil rights - IMDiversity

Johnson of Atlanta, an SCLC member who in 1964 jumped into the whites-only pool at the Monson Motor Lodge. “People were very cruel in St. Augustine,” he said.

Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center

Explore over 450 years of St. Augustine's Black history and culture at the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center.

Two Sides of St. Augustine: Fun in the Sun and Civil Rights - Rovology

I'm more and more interested in visiting St. Augustine for its Civil Rights history most visitors and residents are completely unaware of.

Documentary on St. Augustine Civil Rights - Proctor Library

We wish to thank filmmaker Clennon King for gifting us with a digital copy of his documentary “Passage at St. Augustine: The 1964 Black ...

Remembering A Civil Rights Swim-In: 'It Was A Milestone' - NPR

On June 18, 1964, black and white protesters jumped into the whites-only pool at the Monson Motor Lodge in St. Augustine, Fla.

Collecting pieces of the civil rights movement in St. Augustine

Where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been arrested — leveled. The hotel where Esther Burgess of Vineyard Haven was arrested with Mary Peabody — ...

St. Augustine Is Finally Ready to Tell Its Complicated Story

St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest city in America, is home to Lincolnville, an all-Black community that changed history.

St. Augustine haunted by ghosts of civil rights turmoil 50 years ago

Hayling, then a dentist in his 30s, spearheaded the St. Augustine protests. He's the one who launched the sit-ins, brought Martin Luther King Jr ...