Off-Site Brown Bag Lunch - Living on Purpose: The Life and Legacy of Stetson Kennedy

Please Note: This month’s Brown Bag Lunch will be held off-site at the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center.

Join Friends at the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center as we hear Sandra Parks, widow of famed civil rights activist Stetson Kennedy, speak about her husband’s life and legacy. Stetson Kennedy, local resident, was known nationally as an activist in the Civil Rights movement. He started with the Federal Writers Project in the 1930s, working with folklorists such as Zora Neale Hurston and Alan Lomax. They were able to use what they found in local folklore for social change.  Kennedy later became famous for his infiltration and exposure of the Ku Klux Klan.  He was also heavily involved in the pursuit of justice for Harry T. Moore, victim of KKK atrocities.

The Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center is housed in the old Excelsior School building. The school was given to the Friends of Lincolnville who started the museum to preserve Lincolnville’s rich black heritage. Today it is a joint effort through three non-profit groups: Friends of Lincolnville, Flagler College Enactus, and St. Augustine Community School of Performing Arts. The Brown Bag Lunch presentation by Sandra Parks will be held on the second floor of the museum. An elevator is available.

This program is free and open to the public.  Light refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Main Library St. Augustine. After the presentation, Friends will raffle two items donated by Sandra Parks – a piece of art and a book by Stetson Kennedy.

For additional information, please contact the Main Library at the number listed or email folmainlibrary@gmail.com.