Woolworth's Department Store
31 King Street
In the summer of 1963, local black high school students sat-in
at the segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. They were arrested, and four
of them spent the next six months in jail and reform school for refusing
to quit demonstrating.
Florida Headquarters for SCLC
64 Washington Street
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was founded
in 1957 by Dr. Martin Luther King. This was the organization's Florida
headquarters, run by Loucille Plummer, a local nurse who lost her job because
of her civil rights activities.
Washington-Davis House
33 Bernard Street
This was the home of Rose Etta Washington and Alfred Eugene
Davis, two of the first black students to attend segregated schools in St.
Augustine. The majority of black students to brave all-white schools lived
on this street.
Trinity United Methodist Church
84 Bridge Street
Trinity United Methodist Church hosted many rallies to
encourage locals to protest racial discrimination. Nightly public marches
began and ended here, with the marchers enduring verbal and physical
attacks as they made their way back to the church. | 
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