Famed civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spent a lot of time in Florida, especially in 1964 leading up to the passage of the Civil Rights Act.
But marches and protests for civil rights and sit-ins at whites-only restaurants, businesses, swimming pools and beaches increased and began receiving national attention. In the years leading to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and especially that year, King came to add his powerful voice to the people here.Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in St. Augustine: Demonstrations, an arrest, and a bullet
Of the places in Florida where King frequented, the country's oldest city might have been the most consequential. According to historian David Nolan he was told it was rife with segregated hotels, motels and restaurants and a good place to expose racism.King stayed at several homes while in St. Augustine, spoke at several locations, was arrested on the steps of a segregated motor lodge and jailed, and had the cottage he was staying at shot at and vandalized.
A week before hotel owner James Brock was seen pouring acid into the whites-only pool when Black activists jumped in, King was one of several people, including the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, arrested for taking part in an attempted sit-in at the lodge in June of 1964. TheKing and many local civil rights activists were brought here. King hailed them as the"foot soldiers" of the movement, according to the nonprofit groupA photo of King’s fingerprints from the St.
A photo of King pointing to a bullet hole became"one of the iconic images of the civil rights movement," according to the marker at the property, which is from the ACCORD Freedom Trail.St. Johns County couple buys house with ties to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will preserve itKing spoke at this church during the civil rights movement, as did Jackie Robinson. Hundreds or more attended rallies at the church and also marched to the Plaza de la Constitucion in downtown St.
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