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,…
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,”…
Jul 10, 2014
Coloring the Ivory Tower
The history of segregation in Austin dating to 1928 is critical to understanding the context of The University of Texas…