In the 1950s and 1960s, student integration of schools, and state universities moved at a snail’s pace. Black athletes began to be recruited at small colleges across the nation, but the flagship universities such as The University of Texas (UT) at Austin, as well as other Southest Conference schools, wavered. Finally in 1969, the Longhorns signed a star football player from Highlands High Sch...
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