Building a Multicultural Campus: Student Protests in 1990
Title
Building a Multicultural Campus: Student Protests in 1990
Subject
Anti-racism and pro-diversity student protests at the University of Texas in 1990
Description
This collection explores campus culture and student voices at the University of Texas in the 1990s through the lens of the Daily Texan, UT's preeminent student publication. It showcased both the conservative status quo of the University administration (and some segments of student culture) contrasted with the goals of multiculturalism and inclusivity that student protesters fought for.
Creator
The Daily Texan
Source
Austin Daily Texan
Publisher
University of Texas through NewspaperARCHIVE.com
Date
January 1990 - May 1990, present
Rights
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Relation
Explore Austin Daily Texan 1990 Issues, NewspaperARCHIVE, University of Texas at Austin, digitized print media. https://access-newspaperarchive-com.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/us/texas/austin/austin-daily-texan/1990
Format
Digitized
Language
English
Type
Newspaper
Coverage
Austin, TX
Collection Items
Daily Texan article: Groups gather support in wake of racial tensions
Published in the May 2nd, 1990 edition of the Daily Texan, this excerpt reports on the anti-racist student protests at the State Capitol.
Daily Texan: Students advocate PRIDE alternative
Published in the May 2nd, 1990 edition of the Daily Texan, this excerpt reports on the protests of conservative students and faculty towards proposals to add multiculturalism to the University of Texas mandatory curriculum.
Daily Texan: KKK activity increasing
Published in the April 30, 1990 edition of the Daily Texan, this excerpt reports on the increased recruitment efforts of fraternity members by the Klu Klux Klan following several fraternity-related hate speech scandals.
Daily Texan: Protesters stand firm despite police actions
Published in the May 2nd, 1990 edition of the Daily Texan, this excerpt reports on the student protests for the University of Texas's divestment from South Africa, and the university police's intervention in the protests.
Daily Texan: Bull Horn, Professor's froth doesn't ring true
This article represents a student viewpoint criticizing a professor's anti-diversity-in-education comments in the wake of proposed curriculum reforms.
Daily Texan: Racial incidents bring ultimatum
Published in the April 10th, 1990 edition of the Daily Texan, this excerpt reports on the Black Student Alliance's reaction to racist incidents caused by two fraternities -- especially their meeting with a UT administrator to push for penalizing…
Daily Texan: Law students plan boycott for diversity
Published in the April 4th, 1990 edition of the Daily Texan, this excerpt reports on the student boycott of classes in the UT School of Law to protest against lack of faculty diversity.
Daily Texan: 'Extreme' actions called for by extreme nature of racism
Published in the March 27, 1990 edition of the Daily Texan, this excerpt is a viewpoint column from Marcus Brown, president of the Black Student Alliance. Brown counters critics who stated that the BSA's views or actions were extreme by arguing that…

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