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Lynn Eusan was born on 11 October, 1948 in Galveston County, Texas, is an American journalist. Discover Lynn Eusan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 22 years old?

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Occupation Journalist
Age 22 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 11 October 1948
Birthday 11 October
Birthplace Galveston County, Texas
Date of death 10 September, 1971
Died Place Houston, Texas
Nationality United States

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Lynn Cecilia Eusan was an activist and the first black Homecoming queen at the University of Houston, where she studied journalism, and the first black woman to earn the title at any predominantly white college or university in the Southern United States.

1948

Eusan was born on October 11, 1948, in Galveston County, Texas.

Her parents, Ida Mae (Boudreaux) Eusan and Wilbur Thirkield Eusan, Sr., were working class.

Eusan and her four siblings grew up in San Antonio, Texas.

1962

Only seven years earlier, UH had been an all-white institution, not integrating until the 1962–63 academic year.

1966

She graduated from Phillis Wheatley High School in 1966 and immediately enrolled at the University of Houston.

At the University of Houston, Eusan was involved in the Spirit of Houston marching band and worked as a reporter and photojournalist.

She majored in education and journalism.

She helped organize the Committee on Better Race Relations at UH, which aimed to "promote racial harmony among the students on the university's campus."

One year later, Eusan co-founded African Americans for Black Liberation, which replaced to COBRR.

That organization was started with hopes to bring together other races and surrounding communities, including the surrounding Third Ward neighborhood and nearby historically black university Texas Southern University.

The group also fund raised for scholarships and created summer programs for black youth.

Eusan was a charter member of the Epsilon Lamba chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first black sorority at the university.

She also co-founded SHAPE (Self Help for African People through Education) Community Center in the Third Ward.

1967

In 1967, she was arrested during a demonstration for better conditions for children in the Sunnyside neighborhood.

1968

On November 22, 1968, Eusan was crowned UH's Homecoming queen over five other white candidates in the Astrodome, becoming the first black homecoming queen at a white Southern university.

The African Americans for Black Liberation ran her campaign.

The Daily Cougar, the student newspaper, endorsed her candidacy.

She continued to advocate for civil rights and black pride as Homecoming queen.

In the weeks leading up to the Homecoming game, Eusan received death threats and white fraternities mocked her in minstrel shows.

Through the mocking, Eusan stayed positive.

In an interview with the Houston Chronicle two weeks later, Eusan said, "This was the first time black students on the campus have banded together and really been effective against overwhelming odds."

1969

In February 1969, Eusan and 100 other members of the AABL marched to UH President Phillip G. Hoffman's office and presented a list of 10 demands, which included:

Hoffman agreed to some of the group's demands.

The same year, the university started the African-American studies program the AABL requested.

Twice, Eusan was arrested for demonstrating.

In 1969, she was charged with destruction of public property for her role in a riot on the UH campus.

The charges were later dropped.

1970

After graduating from UH in 1970, Eusan got a job reporting with Voice of Hope, the media arm of HOPE Development, Inc., in the Fifth Ward.

She contributed to Black Enterprise magazine and worked as a secretary.

Eusan planned to attend graduate school in North Carolina.

1971

In 1971, less than three years after that Homecoming ceremony, she was found dead in the back of a stranger's car.

Her death was believed to be a murder, and no one was ever found guilty for her death.

A park at the university is named in her honor.

The last time anyone saw Eusan, she was waiting at a bus stop in windy, rainy weather on the evening of September 10, 1971.

On September 10, 1971, a car driven by Leo Jackson, Jr. collided with a police vehicle.

In the back seat, police found Eusan's body; she had been stabbed several times.

Jackson claimed that Eusan had been "hysterical", assaulted him, and then stabbed herself, and that he was on his way to the hospital.

Jackson had been arrested 14 times prior to the incident for charges including rape and armed robbery.

1972

Jackson was charged with Eusan's murder, but in 1972, a jury acquitted him.