Richard J. Murray High School Students Honored at the Hotel Ponce de Leon Sit-In Commemoration Marker Ceremony at Flagler College

St. Augustine civil rights activists Renee Plummer Beltrame and Cora Tyson in front of the Hotel Ponce de Leon Sit-In commemoration marker at Flagler College.

On March 31st, 1964, 150 students from Richard J. Murray High School in West Augustine walked to the Ponce de Leon Hotel in downtown St. Augustine to do a sit-in at the segregated dining room. Police then escorted the students out through the breezeway, where many of the students were arrested. 

Read the full piece about the Richard J Murray High School Student Sit-In Marker at the St. Augustine Connection.