In a televised speech that is now infamous, President John F. Kennedy expressed that America was being faced with "a moral issue ... as old as the scriptures and as clear as the American Constitution." He also promised to help the nation "fulfill its promise" which President Abraham Lincoln had made the century before. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. praised the President, saying his speech was "the most sweeping and forthright ever presented by an American president."

Director J. Edgar Hoover received this report, which detailed the racial climate in North Florida.

Led by NAACP advisor Dr. R. B. Hayling, these demonstrations were conducted on the sidewalks and streets of historic downtown St. Augustine. The young demonstrators started in front of the local Woolworth's, holding signs which asked things like "If We Spend Money Here, Why Can't We Eat Here?"

The House of Representatives created a judiciary committee to hear proposals for federal civil rights legislation. Over the course of the summer, the representatives heard 22 days of testimony. Their final hearing occurred on August 2nd, 1963.

While she lived in the 'Ancient City', Miss Hurston published her autobiography Dust Tracks on a Road.

After losing his sight at age seven due to suspected juvenile glaucoma, young Raymond was enrolled at the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind. He attended school and lived on campus until he was fifteen years old. It is often said that the boy would sneak out in order to play piano at a local jazz joint.

This meant that the fort and the land surrounding it was owned by the federal government.

Built by St. Johns County, Excelsior was the first public high school for Black students.