Click on "VDH: What The F***!!!" for a concise location of verified historical documents which entirely refute the present-day Virgil D. Hawkins narrative currently being promoted and GroupThink propagated by Florida's two flagship law schools, the UF and FSU Colleges of Law. Their false information is being used by the do-gooder crazed FAKE NEWS liberal left to rename FSU's B.K. Roberts Hall.
Whether during the harassment I endured on UF's campus, 2016-2017, culminating in the two defamation lawsuits I filed against UF and the UF student newspaper, my two appearances before the Florida Senate in 2019 or my numerous emails with UF's and FSU's faculty and others, 2015-2018, I have never once been disproven!!!
"As a Florida Supreme Court justice, B. K. Roberts wrote pro-segregation opinions in the 1950's, including, in particular, a majority opinion that refused to obey a U. S. Supreme Court ruling to allow a black man to enroll in the University of Florida College of Law.", FSU President John Thrasher regarding building namings and recognitions.
In 2016 Harley Herman targets the incoming FSU law school dean to "remedy this long-standing injustice" who then broadcasts to her law students who then parrot this GroupThink to FSU President John Thrasher's self-anointed Stalinist advisory panel who then packages their "research" with "Diversity, Respect and Inclusion" to complete the BigBrother circle for the Honorable One.
"I will use the full power of the United States including whatever force may be necessary to prevent any obstruction of the law and to carry out the orders of the Federal Court.", September 23rd, 1957 on the eve of federal troop deployment which lasted all school year.
Read in disbelief all of the false and misleading information that FSU law school graduate and website owner Danni "My Parents Raised Me Right" Vogt has been bombarding the FSU community with on his "Rename B. K. Roberts Hall Now!" website.
"Virgil Hawkins sacrificed his opportunity to attend UF so that other African Americans could go." and "The least we can do is commemorate him with an on-campus statue since we couldn't rename the UF Reitz Student Union in his honor."
Virgil D. Hawkins was never academically qualified to attend UF's law school which is why with callous premeditation and steady treachery he willfully lied to and deceived the courts and the NAACP LDF for nine years, 1949-1958.
Hawkins lied by affidavit to the courts in 1949 and 1954 about having a college degree from the prestigious Lincoln University, an HBCU in Pennsylvania just above the Mason-Dixon line, a fact which he reluctantly was forced to admit to during federal in-court testimony on June 16, 1958.
Visit B. K. Roberts Hall to witness the 100% FAKE NEWS Hawkins propaganda on display there which was approved by FSU's law school.
"What makes this case significant both from Florida history and the national perspective is that Florida became the first state to engage in massive resistance against federal orders and federal mandates and it became part of a pattern across the South that really did not see its end until George Wallace was removed from the steps of the University of Alabama. But Florida started it first in what essentially became a Fort Sumter of a second Civil War in this country and it was part of a coordinated effort which is important to understand when we look at this Court and what had happened during that history.", excerpt from Harley Herman's May 25, 1999 presentation at the Florida Supreme Court's ceremonial session honoring the fiftieth anniversary of the lawsuit brought by Virgil Hawkins. This Florida Supreme Court ceremonial session is most likely the "1999 formal apology" that FSU President John Thrasher and his advisory panel are referring to in their decision to rename B.K. Roberts Hall.
"But in addition to those that I did mention, there are two that I must highlight. We must never forget Virgil Hawkins . (Applause.) He simply desired to fulfill a dream of attending the University of Florida School of Law only to be denied by a statewide system of bigotry time and time again simply and solely because of his race. But despite the blatant bigotry his spirit and his resolve held firm and is part of the foundation upon which we all stand on this day.", excerpt from Eugene Pettis' speech delivered at his 2013 swearing-in ceremony as the first African-American president of the Florida Bar.
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Kelly (February 2, 2016 at 09:49 pm): I would like to get a copy of your PBS movie on Virgil D. Hawkins, "A Lawyer Made In Heaven". I've looked on the Internet to buy one and all I see is that it is at various libraries. Do you still have some left over somewhere which you could sell to me?
Dubin (February 3, 2016 at 09:47:15 -0500): Thanks for your e-mail. The video isn't on sale, but let me know your interest in the video.
Kelly (February 3, 2016 at 03:10 pm): I have seen video excerpts and printed quotes from this video which I believe can be quite easily disproven so I would like a permanent copy for myself. Did you yourself do the fact checking for this video before you released it to all the law schools in the country?
Dubin (February 3, 2016 at 16:00:53 -0500, the last email I received from Dubin.): Tell me what you consider to be inaccurate I would really appreciate getting that information.
Kelly (February 4, 2016 at 12:42 am): (A long list of cited errors in the PBS video about Virgil D. Hawkins which Dubin did not reply to thus ending our email exchange. Click below on "More info" to view the cited errors.)
Kelly (February 15, 2016 at 11:22 pm): Have you begun researching the errors that I have cited regarding the PBS video? Have you made any determination on the errors that I have cited regarding the PBS video? The U.S. Supreme Court reports clearly refute the claim that the U.S. Supreme Court had ordered Hawkins' prompt admission? Do you at least agree on that one?
"Please join us for the unveiling of The Legacy of Virgil D. Hawkins , an innovative new multi-media exhibit about the struggle for equality at the University of Florida. This casual reception during UF's Black Alumni weekend will include light refreshments and a brief program, and will be held 5-6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, on the ground floor of the Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center (library) at the University of Florida Levin College of Law."
This honor is a painful reminder of the state's segregationist history, and it is highly offensive to many in our community, including many current FSU law students who attended a forum to formally express their objections. Moreover, the building name celebrates a man who defied the highest court of the land and does so at the very place on this campus where we teach the rule of law.
It cannot be said that violating an order in open defiance of the United States Supreme Court exemplifies this core mission of the College of Law. It is even more significant that years later, the Florida Supreme Court felt compelled to issue a formal apology for Justice Robert’s actions relating to the Virgil Hawkins case, something it has never done before or since then.
A College of Law alumnus has created a website advocating for the removal of BK Roberts' name on the Hall: https://www.renamebkrobertshallnow.org/.
This website provides information on BK Roberts and his controversial Florida Supreme Court opinions.
