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This concurrent resolution acknowledges the deeply harmful actions of the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee (FLIC) between 1956 and 1965, which targeted civil rights activists, NAACP members, university faculty and students, and individuals suspected of being homosexual. The resolution details how the committee, operating under the guise of investigating potential communist sympathies and alleged immoral behavior, systematically surveilled, harassed, and intimidated individuals through unconstitutional methods. Specifically, the committee conducted invasive investigations at the University of Florida and University of South Florida, interrogating people without legal counsel, causing the firing of 14 faculty members, and attempting to discredit educators by labeling them as communists, atheists, or integrationists. The committee's actions disproportionately affected African American civil rights activists, LGBTQ+ individuals, and educators, creating a climate of fear and damaging the lives and careers of numerous Florida residents. The resolution offers a formal apology to those whose lives were damaged by the committee's unjust and discriminatory practices, which ultimately made Florida a national symbol of intolerance during this period.

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/338