Texas A&M African-American Professional Organization Website Do You Know? The name of the court decision that led to A&M decision to no longer use race/ethnicity in admissions or when granting scholarships? The results were a 23% drop in African American freshman enrollment from the previous year. Hopwood v. The State of Texas decision in 1996 Who was the first African American graduate of TAMU’s Medical School? What year did he/she graduate? Phillip Jones, Class of 1983 BACK Copyright statement and legal notices Please send comments, suggestions, and queries to aapo@tamu.edu. African American Professional Organization (AAPO) Texas A&M University · P.O. Box 13148 College Station, Texas 77841-3148