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When World War II broke out in the Pacific, the US government rounded up thousands of American citizens of Japanese descent and forcibly sent them into

As Robert Reeves’ baby son cried for the first time in his arms, the new father grasped for the most soothing thing he could think of: He sang the University of Texas at Austin spirit song – “The Eyes of Texas.” Bound in memories, emotion, and fierce pride, the song has been the source of an agonizing debate here over the song’s origin in the racist era at the turn of the 20th century, when the then-UT president told students that “the eyes of Texas” were u...