Virgil D. Hawkins

Virgil Darnell Hawkins (November 11, 1906 – February 11, 1988) was a black Florida attorney who spent the last 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.

Virgil D. Hawkins

Virgil Darnell Hawkins (November 11, 1906 – February 11, 1988) was a black Florida attorney who spent the last 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.