The LMCC 2024 Annual Juneteenth Heritage Luncheon

The LMCC Juneteenth 2024 activities include a three-for-one celebration of music, historical dialogue, and an anniversary kickoff presentation.

The LMCC’s Annual Juneteenth Heritage Luncheon on June 15th features award-winning saxophonist Marcus Click, a conversation with Civil Rights activists from 1964, and a historic prelude on the Excelsior High School 100th Anniversary.

Marcus Click is an award-winning saxophonist who was recognized with the AMG Instrumentalist of the Year Award in 2019. Before he pursued music, Marcus committed over 13 years to the U.S. Navy. During this time, his love for jazz grew by listening and learning from the late Grover Washington, Jr., David Sanborn, and Kirk Whalum, to name a few.

As it is the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement, the LMCC has selected a lineup of panelists who will engage in a conversation about their personal accounts as Civil Rights activists from 1964. Panelists include Charlie Cobb (journalist, professor, and former activist with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), Maude Burroughs Jackson (Clay County resident and activist who protested in St. Augustine), and James Jackson (Civil Rights activist who was abducted by the Ku Klux Klan). Guests are encouraged to ask questions and learn more.

Additionally, the Juneteenth Heritage Luncheon and Celebration will serve as the kickoff celebration of the Excelsior High School building’s 100th-year anniversary. Excelsior High School was the first public Black high school in St. Johns County. Construction began in 1924 and the first class entered in 1925.

The event is on Saturday, June 15th from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Renaissance St. Augustine, 6 W. Castillo Drive.

Tickets are $75 per person and are available on Eventbrite.