Martin Luther King and 17 Others Jailed Trying to Integrate St. Augustine Restaurant - The New York Times

Martin Luther King and 17 Others Jailed Trying to Integrate St. Augustine Restaurant - The New York Times: "The night before Mr. Brock, who also is president of the Florida Hotel and Motel Association, had been seen on a downtown street carrying a shotgun, a billy stick, a pistol and a flashlight. He was one of several businessmen in town who were made special deputies yesterday by Sheriff L. O. Davis The sheriff said he had appealed to the city's civic clubs to help maintain law and order."