Virgil D. Hawkins

Virgil Darnell Hawkins
Hawkins in 1983
Born(1906-11-28)November 28, 1906
Okahumpka, Florida
DiedFebruary 11, 1988(1988-02-11) (aged 81)
EducationNew England Law Boston
OccupationLawyer
SpouseIda B. Hawkins

Virgil Darnell Hawkins (November 28, 1906 – February 11, 1988) was an African-American educator and Florida attorney who spent several decades of his life fighting for admission to practice law in Florida after having initially been denied admission to the University of Florida School of Law on the basis of his race.

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