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By Lisa EIliott
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~.:~, ,~ ost students at Texas A&M
[%~¢~ ':k have never heard of
~' ~Matthe~ ~in~;. Th~
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than a
t him is be-
cause
time period. His
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the
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story,
~ acm-
as is often
do-
to
ruled past.
A full state
Bantu
for so long.
on im-
~in history be-
"We have ' ,' '
proudl) buried the troth a long
"To resurrect' it now would
not be
of the A&M community
a memorial to
tion ff not for his
ed in 1871.
The Texas Supreme Court reversed the
the
, most
Stadelmann recently sent a letter to the Board
University
hatred of slavery led him to become a
minister to counsel other slaves. He
escaped his bondage several times and
was always returned.
During the Reconstruction he was
elected tt5 the Texas Senate where he
-aras the most vocal black in the Legis-
lature, He pushed for free education
Gaines is best kno~m for his efforts
to make Texas A&M racially integrat-
See Gaines/Page 3
to
er building or to consider
he said. "The tendency
to name
president of the Black
Awareness Committee, said if Gaines was m-
~,tmm .ental ..~nto be the founding of A&M, he defin/te--
y n,,?cts recognized. .
or so tong ~t's bgen Sul Ross, Sul Ross;
that's all we talk abou~ on a tour," she said "I
rea.ny
respect Sul Ross but it would be absolute-
ly wbndeiful to honor an African American.--
Pv'ilhams said Pdrican Americans at A&M of-
She
would
someone
would help them
to the Universi-
busy and has not
had to the project, he
said.
~ project really needs
has been busy look-
recently m hopes
Gaines had ten while he lived in
Washingt~on Count,, and many of his descen-
dants ~ live t,her~ now