McKnight for setting off a homemade bomb outside an integrationist meeting at The University of Texas YMCA. The Travis County Grand Jury indicts University students John Winborn and William H. White and African American students from several area colleges picket businesses on Congress Avenue urging “integration of lunch counters.” Īfrican American and white University of Texas students at Austin stage three demonstrations against the segregated Texas Theater on the main campus. Conner requests that the two “For Whites Only” signs be removed from the basement of the Travis County Courthouse. The variations reflect usage for that time- Austin Statesman, The Austin Statesman, The Austin-Statesman, The Austin American, The Austin American-Statesman, American Statesman, The American-Statesman, Austin American-Statesman.Ī delegation of leaders from the African American community that included Arthur DeWitty, Rev. Note: The Austin American-Statesman newspaper had several name changes over the five decades covered in this timeline. The timeline is intended as a guide to key events necessary for an understanding of this extraordinary time in the city’s history. This web project presents an annotated chronology of major events in the desegregation of Austin, Texas, from 1940 to 1980 as they appeared in local newspapers and other materials such as the Austin Files (AF) in the archives at the Austin History Center, Austin Public Library. Five Decades of Social Change: A Timeline
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