W. George Allen (March 3, 1936 – November 8, 2019) was an American civil rights activist and lawyer who was the first African-American to graduate from the University of Florida School of Law.
[2] He graduated from Florida A & M University in 1958 before working for U.S. Army Intelligence, where he was the only black person.
Campus housing at Florida was not available for black people, so Allen and his wife managed to purchase a home.
[3] During his time at UF, Allen was active in the civil rights movement and attended sit-ins.
After passing the bar in 1963, the family moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.