Tyler in the 1970s5 cards: 5 beginnings
- Judge Justice rules that Texas must desegregate its schoolsUnited States v. Texas, 1970.
- A federal judge orders Tyler’s schools desegregatedJudge William Wayne Justice; the case closed in 2016.
- Tyler State College is foundedToday’s UT Tyler, founded as Tyler State College.
- The chest hospital joins the University of Texas SystemRenamed the University of Texas Health Center at Tyler.
- Plyler v. Doe begins in TylerTyler ISD began charging $1,000 for each undocumented child in the 1977–78 school year.