Barriers broken & DEI eliminated decades later: UT Law continues honoring its first Black graduate

AUSTIN (KXAN)— Virgil C. Lott's family walked the halls of the University of Texas at Austin Law School, more than 70 years after he became the first black student to graduate from there.
Virgil C. Lott's family in UT Austin Law School. (KXAN photos/Ed Zavala).Virgil C. Lott's family in UT Austin Law School. (KXAN photos/Ed Zavala)."Oh wow, this is wonderful," Virgil's youngest, and only living daughter, Adrienne Lott Reeder said.
Her emotions, raw, as the stage was set ahead of a ceremony