civil rights



Uncovering Historic Black Cemeteries in West St. Augustine

By Kaia Wright When Robbie Boggs took Flagler College students to the Pinehurst and San Sebastian cemeteries, students were shocked that these sites were in their backyard. Historically black cemeteries have experienced crude neglect. As the threats to them rise, more are disappearing from the…








Guide carves niche out of telling 400 years of black history

By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu

Howard Lewis is frustrated that while the city of St. Augustine has started to recognize the importance of the civil rights movement in shaping the town’s history of race relations, most tour guides have left out 400 years of black influence in the nation’s “Oldest City.” He said they do not even acknowledge that Augustine of Hippo, the famous philosopher and theologian who is the town’s namesake, was an African.

“If you look up St. Augustine, you’ll see that he was born in Médéa, and the Internet will tell you that that is now Thagaste, Algeria,” Lewis said.