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2005imity.‘The role of UTEP in the peaceful and progressive change to become an integrated university is a history that is much more promising than in other places,” Dailey said. ‘That is not to say that the university was without its problems. We had to shatter the stereotypical image on campus that blacks could not think abstractly and were only good as athletes and musicians. We found that some professors were guilty of prejudging the capabilities and competencies of black students before they demonstrated how talented they were.”Marcellus Fullmore, 69, was also one of the first black students at the university and said that there was no physical or verbal mistreatment from other students. It was a different situation from what was experienced in the Deep South.“1 remember coming out of an auditorium, and students would just stare at me,” he said. “1 really didn’t socialize with the other students.”However, Fullmore said that hehad a problem with one of his ROTC instructors and another teacher who were very insensitive to his needs. He only lasted a semester at the university.“1 wish 1 had had the fortitude back then that 1 have now,” Fullmore said. “1 would have stayed and gone a little bit further. 1 was so proud of those that did go on. It made me a better person in my adult life. ”According to a recent press release, the vast majority of UTEP’s current 19,264 students are minorities and many are also first-generation students.Thelma White died in 1985, but her daughter, Chantre Camack, a talent director for ESPN in New York, who will attend the event, continues her legacy.“Once my mother decided to do this, she was going to see it through, ” Camack said. “Learning what my mother went through to get an education at the university of her choice has taught me not to take the freedoms I have for granted. 1 have great appreciation for the battles she, and other people, fought and died for that allow me to have the options I have now. Life should always be lived to the fullest.”Lizzette Romero may be reached at pros-pector@utep.edu.
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El Paso Prospector
El Paso, Texas, US
Wed, Nov 02, 2005
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