The free event in honor of Black History Month will feature an installation of about 60 artists with archived video footage and an interactive timeline.
The state senator born into slavery embodied the social and political currents of Southern Reconstruction. Why did it take so long to bring his story into the spotlight?
Fred McClure broke ground in 1976 when he became the Texas A&M’s first Black student body president. He went on to serve three U.S. presidents and hold numerous leadership positions in the 45 years that followed.
Black teachers in the segregated South – especially women – played critical roles in preserving knowledge that might’ve otherwise been lost to history.