Feb 01, 2021
A Watershed Experience: Precursor Sherryl Griffin Bozeman Reflects on Lawsuit to Integrate UT Dorms
The beginning was resolute, certain, almost defiant, a double dare to meet the challenge of insult, flagrant insult, the…
Dec 02, 2020
A Blessing in Disguise: Top Houston architect shares academic journey during UT’s early days of integration
Willie C. Jordan Jr. (far left) raises his horns with a group of Precursors during the 60th anniversary celebration for…
Apr 14, 2016
Harriet Murphy
At a civil rights protest at The University of Texas at Austin in the late 1960’s, Harriet Murphy,…
Sep 16, 2015
Precursor Stories: Haywood and Alexander
Norcell Haywood: This is Our University Norcell Haywood Norcell Haywood and his friends Robert Norwood, John Hargis,…
Nov 18, 2014
The Intersection of Athletics and Race on the 40 Acres
During a period in American history when the social landscape was rapidly changing, racial advances in collegiate athletics were taking place…
Nov 17, 2014
Henry’s Team | The Legacy of Henry “Doc” Reeves
When discussing the story of integration in the United States it is often never started at the beginning. The “firsts,”…
