1964 Texas Observer links

President Lyndon B. Johnson integrates the Forty Acres Club by inviting his secretary Geraldine Whittington to lunch there. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1964/01/24#page=10

UT Chancellor Harry Ransom tells the general faculty that public areas in living units are no longer segregated and the Texas Relays and Longhorn Band are integrated. Athletic Director Darrell Royal announces complete integration of athletics at UT, and the UT regents approve integration of a married students’ dorm and summer seminar, completing integration in all areas of UT except student housing. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1964/03/06#page=8

On the last page of this article, Joe B. Frantz, UT professor of history, calls the regents’ integration decision “belatedly or not” an example of the Texas tradition. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1964/05/01#page=12

Sandra (Casey) Hayden is quoted on her experience with the Council of Federated Organizations’ Mississippi Summer Project. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1964/05/29#page=11

A rather strange piece of fiction on campus integration by Winston Bode, followed by back-and-forth comments by Bode and Obsever Editor Ronnie Dugger. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1964/12/25#page=1

1963 Texas Observer links

Commentary on the Texas Senate’s secret vote against John Connally’s appointment of W. St. John Garwood as a University of Texas regent. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1963/03/07#page=15

More commentary on the Senate’s vote not to confirm Garwood. Booker T. Bonner runs for Austin City Council. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1963/03/21#page=16

Black East Austin family’s house gets repairs from UT students meeting at University Presbyterian Church. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1963/04/04#page=2

Ad for Booker T. Bonner’s City Council candidacy. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1963/04/04#page=13

Four UT students, including George Goss of Alice (who was reportedly blackjacked in jail), receive vagrancy charges while in Tyler associated with efforts to integrate schools and restaurants. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1963/05/16#page=9

Andrew Shuval (Shuvalov) elected president of the state Young Democrats. Their state convention endorses sit-ins. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1963/05/30#page=16

Comprehensive report on integration in Texas in 1963, including integration at UT and its surroundings. Article starts here, and can be scrolled through: https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1963/06/28#page=9

Ronnie Dugger’s tribute to Medgar Evers, given at a memorial sponsored by the campus interracial committee at UT. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1963/06/28#page=14

Article without a headline on lawsuit to integrate dormitories at UT. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1963/07/12#page=8

Although Attorney General Waggoner Carr joined the attorneys upholding UT against integrating dormitories, he appoints Phillip Crawford as “the first Negro assistant attorney general in Texas history.” https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1963/07/12#page=9

Arrest of Sandra (Casey) Cason Hayden (on second page of article) in civil rights protest in Mississippi. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1963/11/15#page=4

Two dozen or so UT students protest in front of Kinsolving Dormitory, with signs that say “Delay Causes President’s Daughter to be in Segregated Dorm.” However, the Observer points out that Lynda Bird Johnson has since left Kinsolving for the White House. https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1963/12/27#page=10

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

Links from 1955

Links to articles from the 1955 issues of the Texas Observer regarding civil rights at the University of Texas. The whole page is referenced; scrolling down for the particular topic may be necessary:

Texas Commission on Race Relations meets in the Texas Union: http://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1955/02/21#page=8 http://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1955/02/28#page=7

Thelma White sues in federal court to enter Texas Western (now University of Texas at El Paso): http://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1955/04/04#page=5

Wayne H. Holtzman, UT psychology professor, studies UT students’ views about race in 1955: http://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1955/04/18#page=6

An article on school integration in Texas, including a plan of UT regents to set policy on this matter: http://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1955/06/27#page=5

An editorial and cartoon re desegregation at UT and elsewhere in Texas:http://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1955/07/13#page=2

UT regents vote to desegregate all classes in September 1956: http://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1955/07/13#page=4

As part of an article on integration in Texas, Dean Arno Nowotny is quoted about housing for black students at UT: http://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1955/07/20#page=8

In the continuation of this long article on integration throughout the state (scroll to the next page), Huston-Tillotson halts its expansion plans because of UT’s pending undergraduate integration: http://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1955/07/27#page=4

A UT regent’s husband expresses support for the Citizens’ Council of Kilgore, a group advocating the preservation of school segregation: http://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1955/08/03#page=1

Booker T. Bonner interview

From the March, 1964 Texas Ranger, interview with Booker T. Bonner by Gowen J. (Wayne Johnson). (Click image to enlarge.) In its ongoing negotiations with the Texas Student Publications Board, the Ranger had agreed to publish New Yorker-style “think” pieces in addition to college humor.