Conversations

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.

RRI hosted James Cash ’69, Ph.D., TCU's first Black student-athlete and the first Black basketball player in the Southwest conference, for a Q&A about his journey from Horned Frog to national business leader.

An interactive Zoom workshop featuring Sean Atkinson, Kenneth Chapman and Brandy Quinn

A collection of scrapbook photos and memorabilia from students and TCU faculty showing the impact of the Confederacy on cultural memory

A collection of photos from TCU yearbooks and the TCU Daily Skiff during the time of desegregation.

Determination is a fascinating homonym; it can describe “a decision made” as well as convey the idea of moving forward in a particular direction with confidence and fortitude. In many respects, the reality of systemic racism is not new — it is, unfortunately, as American as apple pie.

Making time for discussion is what any healthy organization needs in order to be in the best position to make good decisions. Discussions, when structured properly, can yield important pieces of information that can strengthen the collective perspective.

It’s fascinating to consider just how many series of decisions must be broached in moving toward reconciliation. This segment concerns the best ways to share a report once it has been fashioned.

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