The Monson Motor Lodge, at 32 Avenida Menendez, Saint Augustine, Florida, was in 1964 the site of a landmark protest event of the Civil Rights Movement.
Monson Motor Lodge
The Monson Motor Lodge, at 32 Avenida Menendez, Saint Augustine, Florida, was in 1964 the site of a landmark protest event of the Civil Rights Movement. The site was before that occupied by the Monson House, a 19th-century boarding house. Wikipedia
Owner: segregationist Jimmy Brock
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The 1964 Monson Motor Lodge protest was part of a series of events during the civil rights movement in the United States which occurred on June 18, 1964, ...
Jun 20, 2022 · The Monson Motor Lodge and its landmark swimming pool were demolished in March 2003 and save its front steps with a plaque memorializing the ...
Jun 17, 2014 · An iconic picture was captured on June 18th, 1964 showing demonstrators in the pool and the owner of the lodge, Jimmy Brock, pouring acid into ...
On June 18, 1964, Monson Motor Lodge manager poured acid into the St. Augustine motel's swimming pool filled with integrationists.
Jun 13, 2014 · On June 18, 1964, black and white protesters jumped into the whites-only pool at the Monson Motor Lodge in St. Augustine, Fla.
Location. 29° 53.673′ N, 81° 18.673′ W. Marker is in St. Augustine, Florida, in St. Johns County. Marker can be reached from Avenida Menendez south of Hypolita ...
This famous photograph by Horace Cort shows a group of white and black integrationists in the former Monson Motor Lodge swimming pool on June 18, 1964.
An off-duty policeman who took off his shoes and socks and jumped into the swimming pool to pummel seven taunting demonstrators with his fists finally brought ...