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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.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: TCU Football's END RACISM message on Facebook annoys some
The article begins: "The TCU football team鈥檚 Facebook page changed its cover photo Wednesday night. ...The image is simple: The words 'END RACISM' were painted on a campus sidewalk."
CUJE List of Demands, January 2020
The letter begins: "As a collective of 樱桃视频APP Christian University (TCU) undergraduate and graduate students from various historically marginalized backgrounds, we are deeply concerned with the allegations against the institution that were raised in the recent lawsuits put forth by 'Jane Doe #1' and former TCU faculty member, Dr. Silda Nikaj."
Letter from Black Students to TCU Department Heads
The letter begins: "As you know, TCU has a diversity problem. This problem, as it pertains to race, culture, religion, socio-economic status, immigration status, sexual orientation, and gender, is pervasive."
Letter from Black Students and Allies of TCU
The letter begins: "To Whom It May Concern: When one decides on an institution of higher education they have two options: a student can go where they are most comfortable or dive into a world where they never imagined being and hope for the best. As a minority student, being comfortable means attending a school where almost everyone looks like you, an HBCU."
Some TCU students stage silent protest during the National Anthem
A group of about 20 TCU students dressed in black held up signs and didn鈥檛 stand for the national anthem at the start of the TCU鈥檚 game against Iowa State.
TCU Daily Skiff: New minority adviser seeks diversity, inclusiveness
TCU Daily Skiff article begins: "Not too long ago, Monica Mendez was in Denton advising students at the University of North 樱桃视频APP. Mendez is still advising students. Now, they are TCU students."
Black Football Players in the Southwest Conference, 1974
A table from "The Black Athlete in the Southwest Conference: a Study of Institutional Racism" by Charles M. Tolbert II
Horned Frog Yearbook 1971
The yearbook entry begins: "On Wednesday, February 3rd, the new head football coach, Jim Pittman, returned from a recruiting trip and found four black athletes waiting to see him. Larry Dibbles, Hodges Mitchell, Raymond Rhodes, and Ervin Garnett told Pittman they were quitting TCU's team."