West Augustine News Today

A house in St. Augustine that was firebombed and shot at during a key time in the civil rights movement has successfully moved to a new location.

The historic Canright house traveled nearly 11 miles from Butler Beach, down A1A, over a bridge, past shopping plazas to its new home, Collier-Blocker-Puryear Park.

A house in St. Augustine that was firebombed and shot at during a key time in the civil rights movement is now moving to a new location.

The relocation for the 'Canright' house where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. almost stayed, begins at 9 a.m. Thursday; it will be moved to a park in West Augustine.

West Augustine community members are upset that Central Florida Representative Bruce Antone posted online about a troubling chapter in the history of St. Augustine and its planned site for a statewide Black History Museum.

West Augustine community members are upset that Central Florida Representative Bruce Antone posted online about a troubling chapter in the history of St. Augustine and its planned site for a statewide Black History Museum.

West Augustine community members are upset that Central Florida Representative Bruce Antone posted online about a troubling chapter in the history of St. Augustine and its planned site for a statewide Black History Museum.

Advocates for a state Black History Museum overcame a bus fire on route to Tallahassee

Dozens of St. Johns County residents headed to Tallahassee in support of building the Florida Museum of Black History in St. Augustine didn’t get very far after their bus caught fire.

Dozens of St. Johns County residents headed to Tallahassee in support of building the Florida Museum of Black History in St. Augustine didn’t get very far Friday morning before they had an unexpected detour.