We Are Texas East Mall Project

The first cohort of Black undergraduates, who refer to themselves as the Precursors,
started classes in 1956.

Sarth Khare/Voces Oral History Center.

Earnestyne Terry Bell

Earnestyne Terry Bell entered UT in 1956.

Interview

Photographed and interviewed on May 15, 2022 at the Moody School of Communications, UT Austin, Austin, Texas.

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Precursors Oral Histories Project