St. Augustine,
Ponte Vedra and the Beaches announce important events
celebrating Black History
ST.
AUGUSTINE, Fla., May 2, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- In June 1964,
while Congress was in a stalemate debating the Civil Rights Act,
attention turned southward as St. Augustine became the
epicenter of the fight for equal rights for all Americans. The
nation's oldest city made national news as peaceful activists faced
violent opposition, including an incident later dubbed The Splash
Heard Round the World, that produced images so haunting that
Congress outlawed segregation the next day.
Visit St. Augustine and
Florida's Historic Coast recently
launched the St. Augustine Black History App. It is free to
download and integrate history with exploration, guiding visitors
to significant locations while supplying related historical
information.
Here are important commemorative presentations and celebrations
that will take place this summer in the St. Augustine, Florida area.
June 1- September 15: The St.
Augustine Historical Society presents a Photographic History of
the Black Community in St.
Augustine at the Oldest House Museum.
June 5: Waves of Change permanent
exhibit commemorating Black History on St. Augustine Beach Opening
Ceremony at the Cultural Arts Center at the St. Augustine Beach
Hotel
June 11: Civil Rights Exhibit
Opening Ceremony at the Lincolnville Museum & Cultural
Center
June 11, 18, and 25: Guided Civil
Rights Tours by the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center
June 12: St. Johns County Parks
and Recreation Department Historic Beach Walk at Frank Butler Park
East
June 15: The Lincolnville Museum
and Cultural Center Annual Juneteenth Heritage Luncheon
June 16: Civil Rights activist
Charles Cobb at St. Paul AME
Church
June 16: 100th Anniversary
Celebration of Excelsior High School at Lincolnville Museum and
Cultural Center
June 18: Commemoration of the
Arrest of 16 Rabbis by The St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society
at Historic Hilton Bayfront Inn
June 19: 4th Annual
Juneteenth St. Augustine Music Festival, featuring the Marcus
Roberts Trio at the Lewis Auditorium
June 22: Battle of Bloody Mose
re-enactment at Fort Mose Historic State Park
June 25: Sculptor Dana King at the
Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center
July 1: ACCORD Film Festival and
Book Signing
July 2: Freedom Trail Trolley Tour
with historian David Nolan and
9th Annual ACCORD Museum and Freedom Trail Luncheon at
the Casa Monica Resort & Spa
From the beginnings of the Underground Railroad to the passing
of the Civil Rights Act, experience this remarkable chapter in
American history on Florida's
Historic Coast.
Located midway between Daytona
Beach and Jacksonville,
Florida's Historic Coast includes
historic St. Augustine, the
outstanding golf and seaside elegance of Ponte Vedra, the rural beauty of Hastings, Elkton, St.
Johns, and 42 miles of pristine Atlantic beaches. For
advance travel information, call 1.800.653.2489 or go to the
Visitors and Convention Bureau website at
www.FloridasHistoricCoast.com. Check us out on social media
Instagram @FloridasHistoricCoast; @ViajaStAugustine,
Facebook.com/OfficialStAugustine, and Facebook.com/ViajaStAugustine
and Twitter @FlHistoricCoast
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Barbara Golden, Communications
Manager
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