Learn about St. Augustine’s Civil Rights history with the LMCC’s Guided Civil Rights Tour. To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the local movement and signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the LMCC is having guided tours for guests to experience our updated Civil Rights exhibit and gain knowledge of the local Civil Rights protests and remarkable activists, and how the movement in St. Augustine made a national impact. The tour is free with registration and will start at 5:00 PM on Tuesdays, June 11th, 18th, and 25th.

Nationally-acclaimed sculptor Dana King will present a collage of her works at the LMCC on Tuesday, June 25 at 3:00 PM. King, a former CBS affiliate anchor in San Francisco, is pursuing her passion for art.

She is known for creating public monuments such as “Guided by Justice,” located at the Peace and Justice Memorial in Alabama. The monument includes three bronze women honoring the women activists of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

This event is free with registration as part of the LMCC 60th Civil Rights anniversary programs. Please stay for a guided museum tour that will be offered after at 5:00 PM highlighting St. Augustine’s contributions to the Movement.

The Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center is located at 102 M L King Ave, St. Augustine, FL 32084. Please register for Dana King’s presentation via Eventbrite.

Learn about St. Augustine’s Civil Rights history with the LMCC’s Guided Civil Rights Tour. To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the local movement and signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the LMCC is having guided tours for guests to experience our updated Civil Rights exhibit and gain knowledge of the local Civil Rights protests and remarkable activists, and how the movement in St. Augustine made a national impact. The tour is free with registration and will start at 5:00 PM on Tuesdays, June 11th, 18th, and 25th.

The LMCC Juneteenth 2024 activities include a three for one celebration of music, historical dialogue and an anniversary kickoff presentation. The LMCC’s Annual Juneteenth Heritage Luncheon on June 15th features award winning saxophonist Marcus Click, a conversation with Civil Rights activists from 1964 and a historic prelude on the Excelsior High School 100th Anniversary.

The LMCC is proud to present Marcus Click, an award winning and successful saxophonist, as the musical guest for the luncheon. Marcus Click committed over 13 years of his life to the U.S. Navy and during this time, his love for jazz grew by listening and learning from the late Grover Washington, Jr., David Sanborn and Kirk Whalum, to name a few. His goals changed and he pursued a career in music. In 2019, Marcus won the AMG’s Instrumentalist of the Year Award.

As it is the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement, the LMCC has selected a line up of panelists that will engage in a conversation about their personal accounts as Civil Rights activists from 1964. Panelists include Charlie Cobb (journalist, professor, and former activist with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), Maude Burroughs Jackson (Clay County resident and activist who protested in St. Augustine), and James Jackson (Civil Rights activist who was abducted by the Ku Klux Klan). Guests are encouraged to ask questions and learn more.

Additionally, the Juneteenth Heritage Luncheon and Celebration will serve as the kickoff celebration of the Excelsior High School building's 100th year anniversary. The Excelsior High School was the first public Black high school in St. Johns County. Construction of the building started in 1924 and the first class entered in 1925.

The event is on Saturday, June 15th from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Renaissance St. Augustine, 6 W. Castillo Drive. Tickets are $75 per person and are available on Eventbrite and at the museum front desk.

Learn about St. Augustine’s Civil Rights history with the LMCC’s Guided Civil Rights Tour. To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the local movement and signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the LMCC is having guided tours for guests to experience our updated Civil Rights exhibit and gain knowledge of the local Civil Rights protests and remarkable activists, and how the movement in St. Augustine made a national impact. The tour is free with registration and will start at 5:00 PM on Tuesdays, June 11th, 18th, and 25th.

Visit the LMCC on Tuesday, June 11th at 1:30 PM for the opening ceremony of our new and improved Civil Rights Exhibit. To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the local movement and signing of the Civil Rights Act, the LMCC is updating their exhibit to enhance the current artifacts and events of the movement. It will also feature and interactive display with interviews of national and local Civil Rights activists who worked together in St. Augustine to fight against segregation and racial discrimination with national impact. Admission is free with registration.

St. Augustine Remembrance Ceremony will take place on Wednesday, August 23 at 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm in honor of UNESCO Remembrance Day.

A virtual walk-through of “Unearthed Treasures of Lincolnville” will conclude the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center’s two-year archival project, the Lincolnville Archival Access Project. vLearn more about the project and digital exhibit at the walkthrough, which will be on Thursday, July 27th at 5pm via Zoom.

The Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center presents the San Marco Chamber Music Society in a production of the children’s book “Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.” by Doreen Rappaport with an original score by composer Kevin Day, pictured below. A quartet will perform the day composition and other arrangements during a multi-media presentation at the LMCC.

Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center announces that The Zora Project is seeking actors and dancers for its upcoming production of Color Struck by Zora Neale Hurston to be presented at LMCC April 28-30, 2023.  Florida’s award-winning writer and folklorist was associated with the Harlem Renaissance and was noted for her celebration of African American culture of the rural south. Auditions will be held at the Apex Christian Academy located at 2487 US 1 South, in  the Lewis Point Plaza in St. Augustine on Monday, Feb. 20 and Tuesday, Feb. 21 from 6:30-9:30 pm.

Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center announces that The Zora Project is seeking actors and dancers for its upcoming production of Color Struck by Zora Neale Hurston to be presented at LMCC April 28-30, 2023.  Florida’s award-winning writer and folklorist was associated with the Harlem Renaissance and was noted for her celebration of African American culture of the rural south. Auditions will be held at the Apex Christian Academy located at 2487 US 1 South, in  the Lewis Point Plaza in St. Augustine on Monday, Feb. 20 and Tuesday, Feb. 21 from 6:30-9:30 pm.

Join the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center in a panel discussion honoring the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr on Monday, January 16th. The panel will focus on the national theme of MLK day, "It Starts With Me: Cultivating a Beloved Mindset to Transform Unjust Systems.” 

You’re invited! Join the Friends of Lincolnville, Inc. in a night of joy and cheer at the 2022 annual Holiday Soiree. Put on your holiday best and enjoy live entertainment as the LMCC kicks off the 2023 Jazz at the Excelsior Series! Party in a Box, a local jazz fusion band, will be performing at the event. Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments are provided with a ticket purchase. Tickets are on sale for $40, and are available through Eventbrite, a Friend of Lincolnville, Inc. Board member, or in the museum’s gift shop.

Community Art Fair showcasing affordable art for everyone will benefit three local non-profits!

Celebrate Juneteenth and St. Augustine’s civil rights heritage with the LMCC at the Heritage Luncheon on Saturday, June 18th at 11:30 a.m.

Join the LMCC this Juneteenth weekend on June 18th to commemorate the sacrifices that local Civil Rights activists made in St. Augustine and celebrate the emancipation of enslaved peoples across America. The dedication ceremony will include a public unveiling of the F.W. Woolworth counter, currently on display at the LMCC, and a formal proclamation from the city. After the ceremony, guests are welcome to visit the museum’s exhibits.

Learn more about the struggles and perseverance of the activism efforts in St. Augustine during the Civil Rights movement of the sixties in Clennon King’s “Passage at St. Augustine.” The LMCC will present a screening of the film and host a public discussion after.

For the inaugural St. Augustine History Festival, join UFHSA Governor’s House Library and the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center for a screening of the documentary Crossing in St. Augustine on Saturday, May 14th at 2:30 pm.

Celebrate National Tourism Day with the University of North Florida students as they present their research on historic Black businesses located in the Lincolnville neighborhood! This project is a culmination of their classwork in the ENC 4436 Writing as Social Activism class.

Last but not least, the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center presents Akia Uwanda for our Jazz at the Excelsior finale!

Flagler College Honor students explored how St. Augustine's history is preserved through the written word and visual images. Students listened to oral histories and selected related artifacts from the St. Augustine Historical Society to explore our town's nuanced histories. To reflect on these diverse histories, students responded to their chosen artifact and community member with a personal creative response. Artifacts and creative responses are on display at Llambias House for this one night only. 

Welcome to LUNAFEST®, a program of short films that empower and inspire. This year’s stories are told from a variety of perspectives that champion women and gender nonconforming individuals, highlighting their aspirations, accomplishments, resilience, strength, and connection.

Saturday, April 23rd, 2022 artists Shawana Brooks, Cheryl McCain, Marsha Hatcher, and Tatiana Kitchen will lead a panel discussion to discuss their work in relation to the exhibition, historical representations of Motherhood in art, and issues around the representation of BIPOC women artists within the fields of visual and literary art.

Lynching is not a relic of a Jim Crow past. It is a modern form of racial terror. Dr. Terry Anne Scott will examine how lynching sits squarely on a historical continuum of systemic racism and racial othering. She will also offer ideas about how we can work to create a future defined by equity and compassion.

On Tuesday, April 12th, Dr. Martha Bireda, Scholar and Director of Blanchard House Museum of African History and Culture, will join Writer and Curator Shawana Brooks, and Dr. Lori Lee, Associate Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology in a discussion that will focus on Black maternal health through a historical lens.

This film screening is the second in a three part series titled, “Race: The Power of Illusion.” Regina Gayle Phillips, Executive Director of the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center, and Dr. Michael Butler, Kenan Distinguished Professor of History, will speak after the film screening. The event is located at the Unitarian Universality Fellowship, at 2487 A1A S, St. Augustine, 32080.