FLORIDA GOVERNOR SIGNS HISTORIC BILL TO RE-ESTABLISH FAMU'S COLLEGE OF LAW
Surrounded by lawmakers and Florida A&M University President Frederick S. Humphries, Florida Governor Jeb Bush (seated in the center) signs the bill to re-establish the Florida A&M University College of Law.
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FLORIDA GOVERNOR SIGNS HISTORIC BILL TO RE-ESTABLISH FAMU'S COLLEGE OF LAW
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — More than three decades after closing its doors, Florida A&M University's College of Law was officially resurrected in less than a minute with the stroke of a pen by Florida Governor Jeb Bush on June 14.
Calling the move "the right thing to do" onlookers in the standing-room only Foster-Tanner Band Rehearsal Hall, applauded and cheered as the governor commented on the historic bill signing.
"I'm here with joy in my heart to right a wrong that happened a long time ago," Bush said. "We're also embracing diversity in the right way."
...FAMU's College of law was created in 1951, but was dismantled because of lack of funding in 1965 and graduated its last class in 1968. Between 1954 and 1968 FAMU's College of Law produced 57 graduates....