Housing Dr. King, marching for justice, facing arrest: St. Augustine residents share Civil Rights memories

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream of equality for all. Behind the scenes, many people helped make that dream a reality.

Since the beginning of the 1900s, a church in St. Augustine has been home to decades of history.

Inside the pulpit at Saint Paul AME Church on King Street in St. Augustine sits three wooden chairs with intricate carvings and lightly padded cushions. The center chair, slightly taller than the other, is where the pastor of the church, Reverend Alesia Ford-Burse, sits every Sunday…

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