Florida Spectacular
Take a weekly trip across Florida with authors Cathy Salustri and Rick Kilby and discover a side of Florida you never knew existed. From the scallops in Panhandle bays to the Hemingway cats in Key West, every week's a Florida adventure.
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Florida Spectacular
Episode 206: St. Augustine's More Recent History, Why All Old Buildings Are Not Historic, and St. Augustine's Black History
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Historian Holly Baker joins the podcast to talk about her work in preservation in St. Augustine, Vero Beach, and throughout Florida. The trio also talks about what makes a building historic, preserving historic evidence of Jim Crow, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Links We Mentioned
St. Augustine
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in St. Augustine
Cathy's article about Lincolnville
Rick's post about St. Augustine and the battle for civil rights
Vero Beach
Elsewhere
More about the Orlando Public Library
Photo: Orlando Public Library
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' home
Image via (State Archives of Florida)
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