A University of Texas committee concluded Tuesday that there is "no racist intent" behind the song "The Eyes of Texas."
According to ESPN's David Wilson, the committee released a 58-page report of it findings, which included that the first public performance of the song in 1903 likely featured performances in blackface at a minstrel show.
Despite that, the committee wrote the following in the report's executive summary:
"These historical facts add complexity and richness to the story of a song that debuted in a racist setting, exceedingly common for the time, but, as the preponderance of research showed, had no racist intent.