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Civil Rights and Discrimination

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2008

Desegregation

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Oped: Breaking Uf Racial Barriers, Pedro A. Malavet Sep 2008

Oped: Breaking Uf Racial Barriers, Pedro A. Malavet

Pedro A. Malavet

An OpEd describing the legal and personal struggle to desegregate the University of Florida College of Law on the 50th Anniversary of the matriculation of the first African American Student, George Starke. The essay describes how Virgil Hawkins was the last lead plaintiff in the litigation that produced Mr. Starke's matriculation and led to the graduation of W. George Allen.

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