(CIVIL RIGHTS) St Augustine Florida 400 Years of Bigotry and

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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) St. Augustine, Florida: 400 Years of Bigotry and Hate, Supported and Maintained by Northern Tourist Dollars. 7 illustrations. [12] pages on 3 folding sheets. Original wrappers, 8½ x 5½ inches, unbound; minimal wear. No place: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, [1964]

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Martin Luther King, Jr. led demonstrations in St. Augustine in May and June 1964; they included an impromptu desegregation of a motel swimming pool which ended with the infamous dumping of muriatic acid into the pool by the hostile owner. The New York Times of 31 May 1964 mentioned that "Dr. King and his aides are exerting pressure on this very sensitive spot," with this pamphlet as one of their tools. It includes a detailed listing of disturbing civil rights offenses from 1963 through April 1964.

Dr. King is named on the rear wrapper as the president of the SCLC. He later wrote a different article with a similar title for the June 1964 SCLC newsletter, "400 Years of Bigotry and Hate." One in OCLC (at Duke), and another held at the St. Augustine Historical Society.