The future of a former jail in St. Augustine, Florida, that once held Martin Luther King Jr. is uncertain as officials weigh demolition requests. Local historians and activists are petitioning to ...
St. Augustine's Old Jail was built in 1891 to accommodate the city's criminals. Financed by railroad giant Henry Flagler, the jail was designed to blend in with the rest of the Ancient City's ...
For a week in 1964, the jail was the epicenter of America's civil rights movement, as Martin Luther King Jr. and several rabbis were incarcerated.
A community effort is underway to save the historic St. Johns County jail, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was held ...
He spent one night at the jail after he was arrested in St. Augustine on a trespassing charge for refusing to leave Monson Motor Lodge on June 11, 1964. The hotel was segregated at the time.
A Palm Coast woman was in jail Thursday charged with Lewd and Lascivious Battery for what detectives said she did to a 13-year-old boy. Angel Sexton, 26, was arrested Monday in St. Augustine ...
Most of St. Augustine's top attractions are located within the town's historic downtown, while other sights like the Old Jail and Ponce de Leon's Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park can be ...