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This resolution commemorates the 150th anniversary of Huston-Tillotson University, a historically Black university located in Austin, Texas, tracing its origins to two separate institutions founded in the late 1870s: Tillotson Collegiate and Normal Institute and Samuel Huston College. The resolution highlights the university's significant history, including its merger in 1952 and its role as the sole provider of higher education for African Americans in Central Texas until the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954. The resolution acknowledges the university's current status as a 23-acre campus with over 1,000 students, offering undergraduate and graduate degrees, and led by President Dr. Melva K. Wallace. By adopting this resolution, the Texas House of Representatives formally recognizes the university's 150-year legacy of providing academic and personal enrichment to students, and extends sincere best wishes to its faculty, students, staff, and alumni. The resolution also directs that an official copy be prepared for the university as an expression of high regard.

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