The ACLU of Florida is marking its 70th anniversary with a four-city tour, beginning Sept. 19, that includes events in Orlando, Jacksonville, Tampa and Miami.
The “Statewide Call to Courage” series will honor the organization’s long history of defending civil liberties while calling on Floridians to confront modern-day challenges.
The ACLU of Florida was founded in 1955 in direct response to the Johns Committee, which the organization describes as an “unconstitutional targeting of civil rights leaders, students, educators, and LGBTQ+ Floridians.” For seven decades, the group has worked to protect the rights of those whose freedoms have been threatened…