First Christian bride in the United States.
This African-American owned bookstore focuses on the literature of the African diaspora.
Center of defense and heritage.
Writer, abolitionist, and political leader.
Martha B. Aikens is hired as the Castillo de San Marcos Superintendent. She was the first Black person to hold this position and said people had a "wait and see" att...
The original destination of the Underground Railroad.
Twelve years after the original settlment was destroyed, Fort Mose is rebuilt near the site of the original community. Many African-descended residents are ordered t...
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...
Anthropologist, author, preserver of memories.
An account of Fort Mose is published in The Journal of Negro History, written by Zora Neale Hurston.
First Public school for Black students in the city.
Christopher Columbus sets sail for "the New World," beginning the imperial era of Spain. This conquest was ordered by Isabella I, Queen of Castile. Columbus came ash...
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...
Founded in 1873.
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...
Prominent local activists and public figures.
Greenspace honoring local heroes.
Local WWII patriot and Civil Rights activist.
Site of student-led sit-in protests.
Enslaved woman who lived during the Second Spanish Period.
Built in 1798, revived in 1939.
Pastor, politician, and pivotal civil rights activist.
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...
While she lived in the 'Ancient City', Miss Hurston published her autobiography Dust Tracks on a Road...
