Florida Memorial University

Florida Memorial University (HM1A3B)

Location: St Augustine, FL 32084 St Johns County
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Country: United States of America
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N 29° 53.263', W 81° 21.262'

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Founded 1879—Live Oak, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida—1892-1918
St. Augustine, Florida—1918-1968
Miami Gardens, Florida—1968-Present

Students of Florida Normal and Industrial Memorial College, in the early 1960s (soon to be Florida Memorial College—year 1963), provided the initial and necessary spark to the local civil rights bonfire in pursuit of human equality. Through their determined will to make the difference in the movement, en masse, and uniquely guided by Dr. Homer Nicholson, faculty advisor to the campus chapter of the N.A.A.C.P., they left the tranquility of 'moss-hung trees' and the security of the Abraham Lincoln Lewis Archway. The difference they sought was evidenced locally, and through the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, nationally.
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Mrs. Glennette Tilley Turner, in memory of her father, the Reverend John Lee Tilley, President of F.N.I.M.C. from 1944-1949, during whose tenure the first four-year class was graduated. Rev. Tilley is commemorated for a life spent appropriately reflective of a civil rights icon.
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HM NumberHM1A3B
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Year Placed2009
Placed ByThe Civil Rights Memorial Projects Committee of St. Augustine, Executive Committee: Gerald Eubanks, Chairman; Bernice L. Harper, Vice-Chairman; Rev. Willie M. Bolden, General Ronald L. Bailey, Michael McQueen, Jimmie D. Wells, Sr
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Date Added Sunday, October 5th, 2014 at 8:26am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 465783 N 3306396
Decimal Degrees29.88771667, -81.35436667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 29° 53.263', W 81° 21.262'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds29° 53' 15.78" N, 81° 21' 15.72" W
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Area Code(s)904
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1251-1299 Tocoi Rd, St Augustine FL 32084, US
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