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Dr. Frederick Gooding, Jr. and Dr. Sylviane Greensword pose in front of the Founders Statue at TCU. A panel to the right reads 'In Their Own Words'

TCU’s Race & Reconciliation Initiative (RRI)TCU Magazine and the TCU Alumni Association virtually hosted “TCU Presents: In Their Own Words” on. Feb. 28, 2023. RRI chair Amiso George, Ph.D., moderated a panel that included past chair Frederick Gooding Jr., Ph.D., oral history project director Sylviane Greensword, Ph.D., and alumni L. Michelle Smith, MS ’95, Mark Wassenich ’64 and Leon Reed, Jr ’03.

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Frederick Gooding Jr. is the Dr. Ronald E. Moore Endowed Professor of the Humanities in the John V. Roach Honors College. He served as the inaugural chair of the Race and Reconciliation Initiative and hosts the podcast “Reconcile This.” “Reconcile This” is an academic podcast associated with RRI and the Universities Studying Slavery Consortium. Tune in to hear Frederick Gooding Jr., and Graduate Research Assistant Marcellis Perkins as they interview guests who share a passion for “doing the work” of reconciliation.