Virgil Hawkins's Fight to Study and Practice Law in Florida

Interviewee

• Bill Dudley, Florida Humanities Council

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Publication Date

2-2006

Abstract

The story of African-American Virgil Hawkins and his fight to be admitted to the University of Florida Law school and then to practice law in the state.

Keywords

African Americans, Race relations, Civil rights, Segregation, Discrimination, Racism, University of Florida, Law schools, Courts, Florida Bar

Extent

00:06:17;

Subject: geographic

Alachua County (Fla.); Gainesville (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, "Virgil Hawkins's Fight to Study and Practice Law in Florida" (2006). Florida Humanities Audio Archive. 91.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/fhc_audio/91