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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
African Americans, Thomas LeRoy Collins (1909-1991), Integration, Segregation, Civil rights
Extent
00:05:38;
Subject: geographic
Leon County (Fla.); Tallahassee (Fla.)
Language
English
Media Type
Audio recordings
Format
Digital Only
Creative Commons
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Dudley, Bill, "Remembering Florida Governor Leroy Collins" (1996). Florida Humanities Audio Archive. 15.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/fhc_audio/15
