Robert Hayling - MOTM

Dentist Robert Hayling has been hailed as the "father" of the Saint Augustine, Fla., civil rights movement. The NAACP recruited Hayling in the early 1960s to organize demonstrations and coordinate visiting activists, including Martin Luther King Jr. in Saint Augustine. Using his dental office as a training ground for many of the motivated teens of the NAACP’s Youth Council, Hayling, through his organizing efforts, brought the city’s African-American population some rewards, but at a professional and personal cost.