March 9, 2023
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.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."
Read MoreThe 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."
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A group of about 20 TCU students dressed in black held up signs and didn’t stand for the national anthem at the start of the TCU’s game against Iowa State.
Read MoreTCU Daily Skiff article begins: "Not too long ago, Monica Mendez was in Denton advising students at the University of North Texas. Mendez is still advising students. Now, they are TCU students."
Read MoreA table from "The Black Athlete in the Southwest Conference: a Study of Institutional Racism" by Charles M. Tolbert II
Read MoreThe 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."
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