1962 Texas Observer links

Attorney General Will Wilson comments on UT dormitory desegregation. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/01/26#page=1

Commentary on UT regents bypassing Will Wilson as counsel. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/01/26#page=4 (scroll down)

Maurice Olian comments on student attitudes on desegregation and an elected Daily Texan editor. Comments on critiques of the Texan from the Austin Statesman and Amarillo Globe-Times.  https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/02/09#page=1, jumps to bottom of https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/02/09#page=3

“Turn Toward Peace” movement compared to stand-ins. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/02/23#page=1 (scroll down), jumps to https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/02/23#page=3

Martin Luther King speaks at the Texas Student Union. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/03/16#page=6 (scroll down)

Picnic for Peace advertised. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/03/16#page=7 (scroll down)

Discussion of the Dallas Morning News series criticizing the University “Y” for, among other things, providing a meeting venue for the stand-ins. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/03/23#page=1, jumps to https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/03/23#page=3

UT Regent Chair Thornton Hardie criticizes the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai Brith for its resolution supporting UT students and faculty for their stand on the segregation issue. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/04/06#page=4

Commentary on an ad in the Alcalde for the Forty Acres Club in the “Observer Notebook.” https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/04/21#page=4

Article on the Christian Faith and Life Community at UT, including (on the jump page) a history of integration in the Community. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/04/28#page=1

Texas Southern University becomes the first “all-Negro university” to compete in the Texas Relays. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/05/12#page=6

A report that Vivien (sic) Franklin has an article on race relations at UT in The Southern Patriot for May 1962 entitled “Renaissance in Texas.” https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/06/01#page=4

UT loses a contract to house and train Peace Corps volunteers because of its segregated dormitories. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/06/29#page=4

A report on sports integration in Houston and the Southwest Conference. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/07/13#page=3

UT student Philip Russell was beaten and hospitalized for picketing the segregated Forty Acres Club. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/08/03#page=7

An article by Chandler Davidson gives a “tour” of the Forty Acres Club and discussion of the controversies surrounding its segregated status. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/08/10#page=1

Editorial quotes Lou Maysel of the Austin American Statesman on UT declining to host the NCAA track meet because of problems “providing housing, eating facilities, and amusement for the many Negro trackmen.” https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/08/31#page=4

In a meeting of the University of Texas chapter of the American Association of University Professors, 400 faculty and staff vote to censure the Forty Acres Club for its segregationist policies. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/09/21#page=7

Planned University of Texas ice skating classes for women at the Austin Ice Palace are rescinded because of the rink’s segregation policy. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/09/28#page=2

Commentary on University of Oregon halfback “Renfroe” (Mel Renfro, who later played with the Dallas Cowboys) playing against the Longhorns. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/09/28#page=4

UT’s Student Assembly formally supports James Meredith’s attempt to enter the University of Mississippi. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/10/05#page=2

Willie Morris on Chancellor Harry Ransom and the Board of Regents. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/10/05#page=5

“Political Intelligence” column announces upcoming UT student referendum on integration of athletics, dining and dorm facilities. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/10/19#page=3

Letter from Houston Wade raising objections to points in the Willie Morris article on Ransom in the Oct. 5 issue. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/10/19#page=7

Article on Pete Seeger’s concert at the University “Y.” https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/11/16#page=5

Other members of the Christian Faith and Life Community decide to attend a showing of the film The Manchurian Candidate despite Mary Simpson being left out because of segregation. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1962/11/23#page=5

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Use of Union fees questioned

Boren Chertkov’s letter appeared in the Daily Texan of Nov. 29, 1962. (Click  image to enlarge.) That semester, Students for Direct Action organized demonstrations at the segregated Austin Ice Palace.