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Colt McCoy joined forces with rich UT-Austin alumni to help pressure university to keep "The Eyes of Texas," latest emails show Texas Tribune Tags:  In October, UT-Austin President Jay Hartzell announced a committee of current and former athletes, historians, professors and students to chronicle the history of "The Eyes of Texas." The committee released a report concluding that while the song was written and performed in a racist setting, it had “no racist intent,” and the lyrics w...

McCoy and Brigham were part of a large group email of Longhorn donors and fans  who discussed the controversy among themselves on June 29. Other former Longhorn athletes, including former NFL player Jordan Shipley, were included in the group message. “It’s not looking good,” Brigham wrote to the group about protests against the song. “[Athletic Director Chris Del Conte] was trying to manage the situation but without help it doesn’t sound like there is enough support for our perspecti...

Emails: McCoy joined rich alumni to pressure UT-Austin to keep The Eyes of Texas

Bledsoe opened his remarks by recognizing the newest Texas unit.  “I wanted to welcome you guys aboard and to say that I am absolutely enthused that you’re here,” he said. Bledsoe also praised the community work DFW Metro has already started. “You are doing the kinds of things we need the NAACP to do,” Bledsoe said. “We are a great and diverse group that look at the world in the appropriate way. We look forward to you being a full-fledged unit doing great work, ...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Negro is an offensive term, so why has it remained in the name of at least 26 Texas places? FacebookTwitterEmail Commissioner Rodney Ellis, who sponsored a 1991 bill to remove the term Negro from location names in Texas, talks to the crowd after a bike ride in honor of George Floyds birthday, on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in Third Ward, Houston. Floyd, a former Houston resident, was killed by a Minnesota Police officer earlier this year, leading to nationwid...

Editors note: This is a story about the pervasive nature of racial insensitivity in America and how it persists to this day, and contains terms some might find offensive. In 1991, Texas passed a law to remove the word "Negro" from its place names. But today, over two dozen geographic places in the state — think creeks, valleys and other small features — still have the word in their names. Thats because the federal government blocked the name changes. In almost 30 years, only one of the plac...

Texas lawmakers voted to remove the word "Negro" from geographic features in 1991. But a federal board blocked the proposed name changes, and since then, almost none of them have been changed.

With that. i think thats smart. like fred douglas said in politics, you have no permanent friends, you have no permanent enemies, and thats where we are. >> gary bledsoe from the naacp, thank you. by the way, we reached out to the charles koch institute to find out more about last nights forum. we want to know how this epicked the topic and who invited the panel. the event is part of ckis, quote, well-being initiative. last night he did say it, quote, seeks to improve our quality of life for r...

Oriented around libertarian and conservative ideas. for example, the charles koch foundation contracted the economics department at florida state university to select professors through a koch appointed committee. its not exactly unusual for an institute with the koch name on it to go outside the realm of traditional politics and toward social issues. but will forums like the one last night in texas change the view of the koch brand. senator, thank you for being here. >> my pleasure. >> i dont k...

parliament has given him the right to use troops in the ukraine if necessary, and that there were russian troops in crimea prior to the referendum to join russia. he called the uniformed troops in ukraine now local citizens. one of the people who got to ask questions of mr. putin was none other than edward snowden. well have more on that later in the show. the big story at this moment is what the white house should do if not much comes of the current negotiations. ukrainian forces were...