Long before there was a Black Lives Matter Movement in Cleveland, Ferguson, or Baltimore, there were black student activists in the tourist town of St. Augustine, Florida.
Watch the FilmThe award-winning documentary film Passage at St. Augustine tells the story of the most violent Civil Rights campaign of the entire Movement, establishing St. Augustine as the battleground that led directly to the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. Viewers are transported to the "Nation's Oldest City" to hear first-hand from civil rights field lieutenants, foot soldiers, law enforcement, segregationists, journalists, clergy, Klansmen, White House insiders, business leaders, and politicians.
Despite MLK and LBJ headlining the film's real-life cast, audiences invariably ask why a campaign so pivotal appears to have been wiped from the hard drive of History. In today's racially-charged climate, Passage at St. Augustine has been regarded as a thoughtful point of departure for a constructive and candid conversation about race, history, and change.