ACCORD Freedom Trail-64 Washington Steet
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Markerman62
N 29° 53.320 W 081° 18.811
17R E 469728 N 3306490
Part of the Freedom Trail located in St. Augustine.
Waymark Code: WMGAZG
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/07/2013
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64 Washington Street was the Florida State Headquarters of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) during and after the civil rights demonstrations of 1964. SCLC was founded in 1957 by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. after the successful Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-56. The first executive director of SCLC was a former St. Augustinian, Dr. John L. Tilley (1898-1971). He had lived here while serving as president of Florida Normal (later Florida Memorial) College in the 1940s. In charge of the SCLC office here was Mrs. Loucille Plummer (pictured), a nurse who had lost her job because of her civil rights activities.
The building at 64 Washington Street also housed the Royal Palm Barber Shop of Ernest Wells, one of the civil rights pioneers of St. Augustine, as well as a grocery store operated by Chris Lightburn, the celebrated alligator wrestler who was a co-founder, with jazz musician Doug Carn, of the annual Lincolnville Festival in 1979.
Marker Number: None
Date: July 2, 2007
County: St Johns
Marker Type: Plaque
Sponsored or placed by: Northrop Grumman
Website: Not listed
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