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Between the years of 1959 and 1967 the University of Texas had an extensive exchange program with Chile. The exchange program was ended when Chile began experiencing political turmoil that resulted in a CIA backed coup leading to a decades long…

This image reproduces a handwritten postcard sent by Alice Embree to a University of Texas campus police chief, as published in a 2006 investigative article in The Texas Observer. In the message, Embree describes a protest incident involving a…

This is a tape recording of a 60 minutes special on the event known as the "Wilmington Ten." The tape is, thus, mislabeled and the contents do not accurately reflect the label. The reasons behind Aweusi's mislabeling are unknown. The Wilmington Ten,…

This is a 2-part audio recording. The first part is various black poets reciting their poetry to a melody of drums. These poems are about the black condition and the struggles within the community, especially in America. The second part of this tape…

In this event, hosted on the Huston-Tillotson University Campus in 1995, Aweusi is part of a panel discussing Black Afrocentricity, What does it mean? How can it be achieved? What is blocking an Afrocentric community? Aweusi discusses new scientific…

Part of Alli Aweusi's speaking time during the Practical Look at Afrocentricity panel hosted at Huston-Tilloston University on May 31, 1991.

Poem written by Alli Aweusi in a collect of poems compiled by he and his wife, Macheweo.

Images of Almetris Co-Op, an example of housing provided to black women at UT Austin, and its first residents

Image of Eliza Dee Dormitory, an example of housing provided to black women at UT Austin

Image of Cliff Courts Dormitory, an example of housing provided to black women at UT Austin