Members of Texas's Longhorn Band will be required to play 'The Eyes of Texas' at school events beginning in the fall, the university announced on Wednesday.
Those who do not wish to play the song will be eligible to join an unnamed university band beginning in the fall of 2022.
The debate surrounding The Eyes of Texas' began in June 2020 when a group of athletes called on the university to change the school song.
'The Eyes of Texas' was used in minstrel shows featuring characters in blackface dating back to the early 1900s, and the song additionally alludes to a phrase from former Confederate general Robert E.