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St. Augustine is the
county seat of
St. Johns County,
Florida, in the
United States. It is the oldest continuously occupied
European-established
city, and the oldest
port in the
continental United States. St. Augustine lies in a region of Florida known as The
First Coast, which extends from
Amelia Island in the north, south to
Jacksonville, St. Augustine and
Palm Coast. According to the
2000 census, the city population was 11,592; in
2004, the population estimated by the
U.S. Census Bureau was 12,157 .
History
St. Augustine is the oldest city in America and was founded by the Spanish in 1565. and 1964.
Despite the 1954 Supreme Court act in
Brown v. Board of Education, which ruled that the "separate but equal" legal status of public schools made those schools inherently unequal, St. Augustine still had only 6 black children admitted into white schools. The homes of two of the families of these children were burned by local segregationists while other families were forced to move out of the county because the parents were fired from their jobs and could find no work.
In 1963 a “sit-in” protest at a local diner ended in the arrest and imprisonment of 16 young black protestors and 7 juveniles. Four of the children, two of whom were 16 year old girls, were sent to “reform” school and retained for 6 months. In 1964, the
Ku Klux Klan abducted Dr. Robert B. Hayling, a local dentist,
SCLC representative and
NAACP coordinator then broke his right arm and fingers to prevent him from working (despite the fact that almost half of his clientele were white).
In the summer of 1964 a massive non-violent direct action campaign was led by Dr. Hayling, the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC),
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Ralph Abernathy,
Andrew Young, Dorothy Cotton and other major civil rights leaders intent on changing the horrific conditions of blacks in St. Augustine.
From May until July 1964 protestors endured abuse, beatings, and verbal assaults without any retaliation. By absorbing the violence and hate instead of striking back the protestors gained national sympathy and, it's thought, were a key factor in passing the
Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The Movement engaged in nightly marches down King Street. The protesters were met by white segregationists who violently assaulted them. Hundreds of the marchers were arrested and jailed. Because of the huge numbers of demonstrators in the jail people were kept in a stockade during the day in the hot sun with no shade. When attempts were made to integrate the beaches of Anastasia Island demonstrators were beaten and driven into the water by police and segregationists. Some of the protesters couldn't swim and had to be saved from drowning by other demonstrators.
The demonstrations came to a climax when a group of black and white protesters jumped into the swimming pool at the Monson Motel, an entirely white hotel where several other protests had been held. In response to the protest the owner of the hotel, James Brock, who was a usually shy and passive man, was photographed pouring
muriatic acid into the pool to get the protesters out. Photographs of this, and of a policeman jumping into the pool to arrest them, were broadcast around the world and became some of the most famous images of the entire Civil Rights Movement. The photos became fodder for communist countries, who used the images to discredit U.S. claims of democracy and freedom.
Geography and climate
St. Augustine is located at (29.89785, -81.31151).
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.7
square miles (27.8
km²), of which, 8.4 square miles (21.7 km²) of it's land and 2.4 square miles (6.1 km²) of it (21.99%) is water.
Access to the
Atlantic Ocean is via the St. Augustine Inlet of the
Matanzas River.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 11,592 people, 4,963 households, and 2,600 families residing in the city. The
population density was 1,384.6 people per square mile (534.7/km²). There were 5,642 housing units at an average density of 673.9/sq mi (260.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 81.21%
White, 15.07%
African American, 0.41%
Native American, 0.72%
Asian, 0.09%
Pacific Islander, 0.88% from
other races, and 1.61% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 3.11% of the population.
There were 4,963 households out of which 18.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.4% were
married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.6% were non-families. 36.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.76.
In the city the population was spread out with 16.1% under the age of 18, 15.3% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 84.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $32,358, and the median income for a family was $41,892. Males had a median income of $27,099 versus $25,121 for females. The
per capita income for the city was $21,225. About 9.8% of families and 15.8% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 25.8% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.
Points of interest
Sister cities
Avilés, Spain
Cartagena, Colombia
Island of Menorca, Spain
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Education
St. Johns County School District operates local public schools.
Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, a public residential school operated by the state of Florida, is located in St. Augustine (External Link
).
Notable residents
Jim Albrecht, World Series Of Poker Tournament Director, Commentator and Film Consultant
Richard Boone, actor
Willie Galimore, football player
Richard Henry Pratt, soldier and educator
Ray Charles, pianist
Henry Flagler, industrialist
Lindy Infante, professional football coach
Stetson Kennedy, Author
Scott Lagasse Jr., NASCAR racer
Johnny Mize, baseball player
Prince Achille Murat, nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte
Chief Osceola, Seminole Indian Chief (held prisoner at Fort Marion, now Castillo de San Marcos)
Scott Player, Punter NFL
Tom Petty, rock musician
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, novelist
Steve Spurrier, College/Pro Football coach
Edmund Kirby Smith, General
William W. Loring, General
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