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TCU Presents: RRI Oral History Project

In a sweeping oral history project, TCU's Race & Reconciliation Initiative invited alumni to share their campus experiences as TCU integrated in the 1960s and then spent decades working toward an inclusive campus culture.

Videos

What Does "Reconciliation" Mean to You?

Posted on Apr. 01, 2021, by TCU RRI

Listen to what TCU Community members say about what Reconciliation means to them.

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Unity Cord

Posted on Apr. 01, 2021, by TCU RRI

Thanks to collaboration by TCU's Student Government Association, Graduate Student Senate and Race & Reconciliation Initiative, all TCU students participating in commencement will receive a Unity Cord.

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Thought Leadership

Reporting Back

Posted on Mar. 26, 2021, by Dr. Frederick Gooding, Jr.

If we think about it, the tangible evidence of any investigation is typically a report. Reports can take on myriad formats and roles. They may be oral or written, but what is consistent is that there’s a communicated expectation established between the requester and the reporter before the transaction gets underway.

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Newspaper Clipping
Reflections / Doc Talks / Excerpts / Archives

Who is Charley Thorp?

Posted on Mar. 12, 2021, by Marcellis Perkins

Episode 3 Doc Talk intermission we ask the question "Who is Charley Thorp?"

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Archives / Doc Talks / Photos / Excerpts

Benching Jim Crow

Posted on Mar. 12, 2021, by Marcellis Perkins

In Episode 4 of the Reconcile This! podcast, we take a look at an excerpt from Benching Jim Crow.

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Photos / Artifacts

Granbury Depot

Posted on Mar. 08, 2021, by TCU RRI

A visit to the Granbury Depot uncovered deed records and historical information related to Hood County during TCU's time in Thorp Spring, Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵAPP.

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Thought Leadership

The Pen Drops

Posted on Mar. 08, 2021, by Dr. Frederick Gooding, Jr.

When confronting the past, the question becomes: which parts of the past will represent the truth? There are five principal components to our university’s plan for racial reconciliation: 1) research, 2) report, 3) dissemination, 4) discussion, and 5) determination. I’ll write about these one at a time. Starting with research may sound obvious, but it is not obvious unless it is noticed.

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Artifacts / Photos

Slavery Artifacts

Posted on Mar. 04, 2021, by TCU RRI

A collection of census records, tax rolls and family records related to the Clark family.

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LaDainian Tomlinson '00
Videos

Acknowledging Our Past, Defining Our Future

Posted on Feb. 25, 2021, by TCU RRI

Watch the virtual keynote presentation for our first-ever RRI Week by LaDainian Tomlinson ‘00.

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