THREE INDUCTED INTO CIVIL RIGHTS HALL

By  //  May 14, 2014

Robert Hayling, James Weldon Johnson and Asa Philip Randolph Permanently Displayed At State Capitol

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – A St. Augustine dentist involved in the 1960s civil-rights movement, an NAACP leader and a labor leader were inducted Wednesday into the Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame.

Robert Hayling
Robert Hayling

The names of Robert Hayling, James Weldon Johnson and Asa Philip Randolph will be permanently displayed on the state Capitol’s first floor.

James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson

Hayling, 84, was a dentist and a Southern Christian Leadership Conference leader in St. Augustine during a period when the city was a focus of the civil-rights movement.

Asa Philip Randolph
Asa Philip Randolph

Johnson, who died in 1938, was a Jacksonville native who became an educator, writer, lawyer and NAACP leader.

Randolph, who died in 1979, was a Crescent City native who became a labor leader and activist and played a major role in the 1963 March on Washington.