Remembering Florida Governor Leroy Collins

Interviewee

Bill Dudley, Florida Humanities Council

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Publication Date

6-1996

Abstract

This 1996 program is about Leroy Collins, who served as Florida's governor from 1955 to 1960. Florida State University professor Leo Sandon talks about the governor's moderate views on civil rights. Collins is especially remembered for his televised March 1960 speech on the moral necessity to end segregation.

Keywords

Florida Humanities Council, Florida, History, African-Americans, Governor, Tallahassee, Desegregation, Segregation, Civil Rights

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Recommended Citation

Dudley, Bill, "Remembering Florida Governor Leroy Collins" (1996). Florida Humanities Audio Archive. 15.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/fhc_audio/15