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Racial Geography Tour

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Dr. Edmund T. Gordon

Just because you've seen the Tower and the football stadium, don't think you've seen UT. Seeing buildings isn't the same as seeing the history behind those buildings or the institution that placed them there. The Racial Geography Tour, created by the university's Vice Provost for Diversity Dr. Edmund T. Gordon, visits campus landmarks from the Littlefield Home to the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center to reveal how the Confederacy, Jim Crow, segregation, racial and sexual discrimination, and authoritarianism influenced what got built and who got honored on the Forty Acres. Originally given live, the tour is now available online, giving every Longhorn an invaluable way to understand UT's past and truly open the eyes of Texas.