St. Augustine movement

St. Augustine movement
St. Augustine movement
Part of the Civil Rights Movement
	Martin Luther King Jr. being denied entry to the "whites-only" Monson Motor Lodge restaurant by owner James "Jimmy" Brock
Date	1963–1964 (2 years)
Location	St. Augustine, Florida
Resulted in	Catalyst to passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964;
Parties
NAACP Youth Council (NYC); Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC);	Governor of Florida; St. Johns County Sheriff's Department; Mayor of St. Augustine; St. Augustine Police Department; Monson Motor Lodge; Ancient City Hunting Club (ACHC); National States Rights Party (NSRP); John Birch Society (JBS); United Florida KKK;
Lead figures
	NYC members Robert Hayling; Clyde Jenkins; James Hauser; James Jackson; SCLC members Martin Luther King Jr.; Ralph Abernathy; Hosea Williams; Andrew Young; State of Florida C. Farris Bryant, Governor; St. Johns County L.O. Davis, Sheriff; City of St. Augustine Joseph Shelley, Mayor; Virgil Stuart, Police Chief; Business James "Jimmy" Brock, motel manager; ACHC member Halstead 'Hoss' Manucy; NSRP member Rev. Charles Conley 'Connie' Lynch;

The St. Augustine movement was a part of the wider Civil Rights Movement, taking place in St. Augustine, Florida from 1963 to 1964. It was a major event in the city's long history and had a role in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.^[1]^[2]