In the interview, he describes the curriculum, students, and facilities at TSUN, which began operations in the basement of a building just north of the State Capitol before its permanent establishment at Texas Southern University in Houston. Johnson also discusses his opposition to segregated education, and the attitudes of UT Law School faculty and students toward segregation and Heman Sweatt. The following is an interview with Professor Corwin Johnson, The Edward Clark Centennial Professor Emeritus in Law, at The University of Texas School of Law. I am meeting with Professor Johnson in his office at the Law School. That was a different time.
Life is so casual now, in comparison.
One of the first things that happened upon your arrival to Texas, was this developing issue of separate but equal education. So that was history. I knew a little bit about it when I came, but not much. When I first arrived, I found in my mailbox, among other things, a note from Dean McCormick asking me if I would be willing to teach the same course that I was teaching here, which was first-year Property, at that school. I agreed to do that.