the altar and baptismal font at St. Paul AME Church in St. Augustine, Florida

ACCORD Film Festival & Book Signing

Name: ACCORD Film Festival & Book Signing
Start: 2024-07-01T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-07-01T22:00:00-04:00
Location: St. Paul AME Church

Free educational event to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Monday, Jul. 1, 2024 | 12:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

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ACCORD Film Festival & Book Signing

Across the street from the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center
85 M. L. King Avenue
St. Augustine, FL 32084

In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the passing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the ACCORD Civil Rights Museum & Freedom Trail invites the public to St. Paul AME Church for free a day of education through literature and film. Documentary screenings will be hosted throughout the day, and several authors will be signing and selling their books.

ACCORD Film Festival Showtimes

Starting at 10:00 a.m., documentaries on civil rights and Black history in America will be shown at both St. Paul AME Church and the ACCORD Civil Rights Museum.

Documentaries at St. Paul AME Church (85 M.L. King Avenue)

10:00 a.m.	Dare Not Walk Alone, by Jeremy Dean
12:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m.	Florida's Foot Soldiers: A Civil Rights Story, by Craig Patrick
4:00 p.m.	Wade in the Water, by Cathleen Dean
6:00 p.m.	Crossing in St. Augustine, by Andrew Young Presents

Documentaries at the ACCORD Civil Rights Museum (84 Bridge Street)

11:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m.

Passage at St. Augustine, by Clennon King

Special Guest: Ambassador Andrew Young

During the 6:00 p.m. showing of Crossing St. Augustine, Ambassador Andrew Young will be in attendance as the ACCORD's special guest. As the Executive Director of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Young was integral to the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. In 1963 and 1964, he protested alongside local activists in St. Augustine, including Dr. Robert B. Hayling (below).

To learn more about Andrew Young's life and activism in St. Augustine, download the St. Augustine Black History App, or read Andrew Young's Historical Person profile on our website.

B&W Andrew Young, Dr. MLK Jr., and Dr. R. B. Hayling at a press conference 1964. — Left to right: Rev. Andrew Young, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Dr. Robert B. Hayling at a press conference in St. Augustine. Summer of 1964 @ 100 Washington Street in the Lincolnville Historic District. Image courtesy of Frank Murray, photographer.

African American History Book-Signing

Historians, anthropologists, and authors will come together for this commemorative event, offering their books for sale. Starting at noon, attendees can connect with these authors through discussion and book signing.

The following authors (and more) will be in attendance, highlighting their various publications:

Dr. LaVon W. Bracy — A Brave Little Cookie
Dr. Tameka Hobbs — Democracy Abroad, Lynching at Home: Racial Violence in Florida
Rodney L. Hurst, Sr. — It was never about a hot dog and Coke!
Marsha Dean Phelts — An American Beach for African Americans
Nathaniel Glover — Striving for Justice: A Black Sheriff in the Deep South
Pat Hines — Christmas in the South: A Proud Southern Heritage
Jada Wright-Greene — Florida's Historic African American Homes
Genise Brim — Through My Family's Eyes: The Life Story of Estella, Gladys, and Yvonne Daily
Philoron A. Wright — Night Riders: An African American Family in Peril in St. Augustine, Florida