Was ut ever segregated

Yes, the University of Texas (UT) was segregated in its early years. Established in 1883, it initially only admitted white students, while Black students were excluded until the mid-1950s. It wasn't until the landmark Supreme Court case, Sweatt v. Painter in 1950, that the university began to integrate, ultimately leading to the admission of its first Black student, Heman Marion Sweatt. Over the following decades, UT worked to promote diversity and inclusion within its student body.