Black History Month: Celebrating Old City’s African American Heritage
This plaque reads “These steps were salvaged when the Monson Hotel was demolished in 2003 and remain tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who was arrested here in 1964.”
Black History Month offers a chance to experience St. Augustine with fresh perspective, to think about the history in each cobblestone or brick you tread upon. While many visitors arrive knowing the city as the nation’s oldest, fewer realize how deeply African American history is woven into its story from the very beginning. These stories are not confined to one site or era. They appear across the city, in historic...