The Precursors are a group of African-American alumni who share the distinction of being among the first African-American students to attend and integrate The University of Texas at Austin. Their courage laid the foundation for the advancement of civil rights on the Forty Acres and throughout the United States. Head to Alcalde.TexasExes.org/Precursors to hear and read the stories of UT’s first Black undergraduates. Pictured in order: 1. Gwen Jordan, the first African American elected to Student Assembly, stands in front of the #UTTower 2. NAACP gathering, with Thurgood Marshall, Heman Sweatt and others 3. June Singletary McCoy as a student in the 1950s. She earned a BS in the School of Home Economics, now known as the School of Human Ecology. She went on to teach junior high and high school home economics for more than 30 years 4. Leon Holland at his ROTC pinning ceremony with his then-girlfriend, now-wife Peggy Drake, left, and his mother, Pauline Inman Holland. Leon Holland made...