The GI Bill and How it Changed the 40 Acres
History of the GI Bill The creation of the GI Bill of Rights was a landmark social program in the US which drastically changed class structure in America and expanded the opportunity for...
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Interracial Relationships amid the Civil Rights Movement
By Megan Corley Introduction My project is about how fear of miscegenation impacted African American students at the University of Texas between the years 1957 and 1968. My project focuses on three...
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Can You Find the Impact of Black Educators in Higher Education?
by Alexis Maxie “To Geneva… A fine, black sister, who’s really got it together! Thanks for your help in making “our” dream a reality… THE AFRO AMERICAN PLAYERS, INC.” Dr. Geneva Gay This “fine, black...
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The Expansion of the University of Texas: Urban Renewal, ‘N–ro Removal’
The Expansion of the University of Texas: Urban Renewal, ‘N–ro Removal.’ In the 1960s, the University of Texas at Austin became motivated by a desire to contend alongside the nation’s most reputable...
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Education and Chicano Liberation
By Marla G. López MASO 10 Proposals to UT – April 15, 1969 Chicana/o Students During the civil rights period, many groups saw education as a way to liberate and redefine their places within American...
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Black Student Culture on a White Campus: The Role of Black Greek Letter...
By Katharina Lutz Alpha Phi Alpha event brochure, 1981. White Greek-letter organizations have been present on American college campuses since 1776 when the first one, Phi Beta Kappa, was founded at...
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The Interplay Between Print Newspapers in 1968
Introduction History is punctuated by transformative events with potential to radically restructure its trajectory, from the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 to the Kent State...
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Remembering Precursor Charles Miles
Charles Murray Miles, one of the first Black undergraduates to attend the University of Texas at Austin passed away on Feb. 25, 2020, at the age of 81. Miles enrolled at UT Austin with 110 other Black...
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A Blessing in Disguise: Top Houston architect shares academic journey during...
Willie C. Jordan Jr. (far left) raises his horns with a group of Precursors during the 60th anniversary celebration for the first Black undergraduates to enter UT Austin in 1956. While growing up in a...
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A Watershed Experience: Precursor Sherryl Griffin Bozeman Reflects on Lawsuit...
The beginning was resolute, certain, almost defiant, a double dare to meet the challenge of insult, flagrant insult, the proverbial salt in the wound of the injustice, dismissive, demeaning sting of...
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