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The Precursors
Henry Louis James
Walter Christopher Jones
Thelma Joyce Jones
Bettye Jane Lancaster
Ruth Madison
Bettye Joanne McAdams
Ernest Windrow McBride
Joseph Aloysious McBride
Charles Leslie Medearis
Charles Murray Miles
Cleve Edward Moten
Lois Faye Newby
John David Ranger
Alvin Edwards Reynolds
Ina Levester Robinson
Johnnie Beatrice Rucker
Reuben Sherman
Mary Frances Simpson
June Laurie Singletary
L.G. Slider Jr.
Barbara Louise Smith
Susie Louise Thomas
Charles Henry Washington
David Wendell Washington
Frank Louis Waynewood
Roy Davis West
Ira Dalton Williams
Elijah Mae Williams
Girlene Marie Williams
Charles Wesley Wright
Robert Ray Norwood
Herman Clifton Smith
John Willis Hargis
Norcell Dan Haywood
Ira Verdell Lott
Nathaniel Dickerson
Jerry Lee Bonner
James Preston Dilworth
Walter Joe Duncan
Senor Manfred Edwards
Jennie Elizabeth Franklin
Eva Clyde Goins
John Douglas Green
Norma Jean Hancock
Lola Hawkins
Robert Eugene Henderson
Anthony Ray Henry
Donald Kenneth Hill
Agnes Oneta Hill
Herman Hines
Thomas Lee Horton
Raymond Humphries
Edna Odessa Humphries
Walker Eugene Hunt
Melissa Vidette Hurt
Charles Henry Hutchinson
Frankie Jerlene Jackson
Alfred Leon Norton
Allen Clark
Arthur Delano Jennings
Arthur Gladstone Neal, Jr
Barbara Almeta Hill
Betty Joyce Price
Bobbye Jean Hyder
Charles Floyd Taylor
David Crockett Wallace
Earnestyne Yvonne Bell
Edward Alvin Reynolds
Elvin Lee Sanders, Jr
Ervin Lewis Rollins
Garfield Clark,Jr
George Haywood Kendle
George Lee Sharp
Harry Louis Page
I. G. Lakey, Jr
Ira Clay, Jr
James Edward Freeman
Janie Lee Dotson
Jerry Ann Cannon
John Lewis Hatch
John Lewis Kelly
John Wesley Carroll, Jr
Joyce Aletha Bennett
L. G. Slider,Jr
Leon Laforest Holland
Louis Harper Reed, Jr
Mamie Flora Hans
Marion George Ford, Jr
Murela Elizabeth Chitty
Octavine Davis
Roby Waldo Hilliard, Jr
Virginia Cameron Lyons
Willie Cleveland Jordan, Jr
Willie Lee Foster, Jr
Willie Thomas Albert
Wright Betts Collins
HBCUs
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Precursors Oral Histories Project
Barbara L. Foster Wilson
Elsworth E. Rogers
Earnestyne Terry Bell
Fred Alexander
Elna Fenner Andrews
Freeman L. Andrews
Dan Bailey III
Gloria Smith-Bailey
Donna Blackshear-Reynolds
Sherryl Griffin Bozeman
Nathaniel “Nat” Bradford
Riley W. Carruthers
Edwin Dorn
Rodney Ellis
Lonnie Fogle
Eugenia A. Gaines
Pam Gaskin
Michael Glaspie Sr.
Commissioner Rodney Griffin
Jacquelyn Edwards Hawkins
Cloteal Davis Haynes
Charles Hill
Larry Jackson
Camilla Hall Jackson
Howard E. Jefferson
Judith Jenkins
Cleo Jenkins
Jodie Jiles
Matilda Elizabeth Johnson
Roy Johnson Jr.
Linda Routt Kelley
Arleen E. Lawson
Bill Lyons
Keith Maxie
Janice McCullough Glaspie
Emanuel “Mac” McKinney
Dr. Annette Randall Jenkins
Edward Roby
Hershall Shelley
Elgin L. Taylor
Nina Jean Taylor
Doris Jean Williams
Mamie H. Ewing
Leon Holland
Willie C. Jordan Jr.
Albert Hawkins III
Precursors History
The First Black Graduate Students (1950-1955)
The Precursors (1954-1956)
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Exhibition Program: What the Negro has done for the United States and Texas
Sweatt v. Painter: Gallery West
Sweatt Editorial
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Sweatt v. Painter Design Competition
Jodi Skipper
Tara Dudley
Jeff Jackson
Dwonna Goldstone
Ruth J. Simmons
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Jerry Ann Cannon
Garfield Clark Jr.
Ira Clay Jr.
Wright Betts Collins
Octavine Davis
Joyce Aletha Bennett
Bettye Jane Lancaster
Bettye Jane
Lancaster
Bettye Jane Lancaster entered UT in 1956.
