Daily Texan Newspaper Clipping, "Whitis Residents Present Grievances"

Daily Texan Newspaper Clipping, "Whitis Residents Present Grievances"

Student housing
Race

Discussion of grievances presented by residents of the original Whitis co-op, presented in the Daily Texan student newspaper in October of 1959.

Daily Texan Staff

Briscoe Center for American History

Daily Texan Newspaper

October 21, 1959

Student Author, Casey Pack, Olivia Green

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English

Newspaper

Living conditions at Whitis Dormitory, University residence for Negro co-eds at Whitis and Twenty-sixth streets, have been improved only slightly since newspaper publicity began October 13. Dorm residents, feeling that their living quarters are wholly unfit, presented this testimony to the Grievance Committee of the Students' Association Tuesday night. Fire extinguishers and a new sofa, they said, are the only innovations in the two-story frame house. in addition to Whitis residents, the committee in open meeting also heard a complaint of unfavorable living conditions from a co-ed who rooms in a private girls boarding house. After the open meeting, committee members began formulating a report on the negro housing situation, including specific recommendations.

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