February 16, 2023 - 6:00 pm -7:30 pm

Join Beaches Museum for a Boardwalk Talk on “The Civil Rights Movement in Florida” by Dr. Michael Butler on February 16 at 6:00 p.m.

Dr. Butler will speak about how the past continues to inform the present in the United States, particularly in the ongoing struggle for racial justice and equality.

Dr. J. Michael Butler is a Kenan Distinguished Professor of History at Flagler College, where he has taught since 2008. His work has appeared in many leading peer-reviewed academic publications, such as the Journal of American Studies, the Journal of Southern History, the Florida Historical Quarterly, and Southern Cultures. His book “Beyond Integration: The Black Freedom Struggle in Escambia County, Florida, 1960-1980” won a 2017 Florida Book Award in nonfiction. Dr. Butler specializes in southern cultural history with an emphasis on the Black freedom struggle, teaches a number of classes on the topics, and has spoken to dozens of teachers and community groups about the civil rights movement.

This event is free to Beaches Museum members with a suggested $5 donation for non-members. Please pre-register HERE. Visit the Beaches Museum website www.beachesmuseum.org or call 904-241-5657 for further information.