George H. Starke

George H. Starke was the first Black student at the University of Florida.

In 1958, Starke entered the University of Florida's law school. He was given police protection during his time at the University, including uncovering a KKK plot to kill him.[1]

Starke left the university after three semesters without graduating. After leaving the school, he had a 40-year career in finance working as an energy consultant, mortgage broker, and an investment banker.[1]

In Spring 2019, the University of Florida recognized Starke with an honorary degree.[2]

References

Exhibit Black Educators: Florida's Secret Social Justice Advocates 1920-1960

Video George Starke Jr. Registers at University of Florida Law School

Tinker, Cleveland (2020-09-07). "UF celebrates 60 years of desegregation". The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
"George H. Starke, Jr. Receives Honorary Degree". Levin College of Law. 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2020-10-08.

Civil rights movement (1950s and 1960s)

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Prior to 1954	Journey of Reconciliation Murder of Harry and Harriette Moore Sweatt v. Painter (1950) McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents (1950) Baton Rouge bus boycott
1954–1959	Brown v. Board of Education Bolling v. Sharpe Briggs v. Elliott Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County Gebhart v. Belton Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company Emmett Till Montgomery bus boycott Browder v. Gayle Tallahassee bus boycott Mansfield school desegregation 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom "Give Us the Ballot" Royal Ice Cream sit-in Little Rock Nine National Guard blockade Civil Rights Act of 1957 Katz Drug Store sit-in Kissing Case Biloxi wade-ins
1960–1963	New Year's Day March Greensboro sit-ins Nashville sit-ins Sit-in movement Greenville Eight Civil Rights Act of 1960 Ax Handle Saturday Gomillion v. Lightfoot Boynton v. Virginia Rock Hill sit-ins Robert F. Kennedy's Law Day Address Freedom Rides attacks Garner v. Louisiana Albany Movement Cambridge movement University of Chicago sit-ins "Second Emancipation Proclamation" Meredith enrollment, Ole Miss riot "Segregation now, segregation forever" Stand in the Schoolhouse Door 1963 Birmingham campaign Letter from Birmingham Jail Children's Crusade Birmingham riot 16th Street Baptist Church bombing John F. Kennedy's speech to the nation on Civil Rights Detroit Walk to Freedom March on Washington "I Have a Dream" Big Six St. Augustine movement
1964–1968	Twenty-fourth Amendment Chester school protests Bloody Tuesday 1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests Freedom Summer workers' murders Civil Rights Act of 1964 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches "How Long, Not Long" Voting Rights Act of 1965 Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections March Against Fear White House Conference on Civil Rights Chicago Freedom Movement/Chicago open housing movement Memphis sanitation strike King assassination funeral riots Civil Rights Act of 1968 Fair Housing Act Poor People's Campaign Green v. County School Board of New Kent County Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.

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