Board of Regents Minutes
State Laws and Constituting Documents
For those looking for state laws and statues regarding higher education and race, these clippings may be useful.
Scans are provided here for quick historical reference, but if you use this information in your research be sure to cite the original publications. Each scan includes the title page of the source; the General Laws of Texas and the Civil Statutes of the State of Texas are held in the general collection.
- Laws Relating to Teachers Colleges (Compilation dated 1943)Dr. C.E. Evans, President of the College, compiled a list of legislative references, from the General and Special Laws of Texas, related to the creation and evolution of teachers colleges up to 1943.
- General Laws of Texas, 1899 Texas SB260Legislation establishing the SWT Normal School
- Legal documents/lawsUniversity Archives website linking to various laws related to founding and operations of the institution
Prairie View State Normal School
On April 19,1879 the state legislature passed SB 301 "An Act to Provide for the Organization and Support of a Normal School for Colored Teachers".
The first white students were admitted there in 1964.
Some basic case details
- Attorney General of Texas & SWT IntegrationCollege Star Article about Texas AG Wilson and the lawsuit re: integration of SWT. 9/21/62 P.1
- Smith v. Flowers LawsuitRace Relations Law Reporter
v. 8 (1963) pages 117-120 - Some Lawsuit Documents from Flowers PapersDocuments from Flowers Papers box 18, Folder 9
University Archives - Book Excerpt, Including Case CitationPages concerning Southwest Texas State College integration, including legal citation for Smith V. Flowers court case. [see page 3 of pdf] from "Advancing Democracy: African Americans and the Struggle for Access and Equity in Higher Education in Texas" by Amilcar Shabazz
University of North Carolina Press, 2004.
Advancing Democracy:African Americans and the struggle for access and equity in higher education in Texas by Call Number: E-book (Also have Print)ISBN: 0807855057Publication Date: 2004
Materials from Board of Regents
- Correspondence & Regents Minutes 1950-19551.Letter From Flowers to Regents-1950
2. Correspondence Re: Gary AFB & SWT
3. Regents actions re: integration- 1955 - Regents Rules-1955See page 17 for discussion of the office of the President
(From Flowers Papers, Box 2 folder 11) - Resolution re: Flowers v. SmithPassed by Regents on 2/1/63
From BOR minutes, vol.23, page 185
Stipulations referenced here are noted in
Report of the case, top link in above box.