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the local justice of the peace. When he tried to identify himself as a graduate from UTMB it only enraged the deputies more. The deputies couldn't believe that he was a graduate from UTMB, and they assumed
Barnett's possession of a class ring was due to thievery. Barnett was then pistol-whipped until he was knocked out again. After Barnett was arraigned, the judge and officers agreed he should be taken to the Texas City hospital. Upon arriving at the hospital he was identified by a UTMB student, who alerted
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Barnett's most violent encounter with racism came the year he graduated UTMB. On July 12 a sheriff's deputy, John Connor stopped
Barnett for excessive speeding and proceeded to beat him unconscious. When Barnett awoke he found himself bloodied in a squad car driving towards Jefferson Davis Ross,
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Barnett's goal was to attend UTMB, and was prepared for a legal battle to do so. Carter Wesley, the Sweatt
Victory Fund, and Lone Star State Medical and Pharmaceutical Association had pledged to raise money to file suit if UTMB had denied his admission on a basis of race.
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fraternity. In 1971 he received the Huston-Tillotson Award from the
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Houston Investment Corporation, a member of the board of directors of the Lockwood National Bank of Houston, the Board of Trustees of
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