On this day in 1964, 75 peaceful demonstrators protesting racial segregation in St. Augustine, FL, were attacked by more than 500 white people in what was known as one of the most violent days of the Civil Rights Movement. Amongst those attacked was SCLC leader C.T. Vivian. Vivian was a close ally of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and was strongly involved in pre-Civil Rights Movement protests. Throughout the 1940s, he was heavily involved with…
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