The TCU Alumni Association and TCU Magazine hosted a virtual panel on the work ahead for reconciliation and remembrance.

The panel features Adam W. McKinney, assistant professor of dance, and his efforts to revive the memory and story of Fred Rouse, the only documented victim of racial terror lynching in Fort Worth history. Joining them are Fred Rouse III, who learned of his grandfather’s fate last year, and legendary civil rights activist Opal Lee, whose longtime efforts to make Juneteenth a federal holiday came to fruition in June 2021.

Co-moderator Brandon Kitchin ’18 expands on his recent magazine cover story, “Never Too Late to Say His Name,” and co-moderator Tracy Williams ’04 (MS ’08), TCU’s National Alumni Board president, guides a discussion of questions presented by a worldwide audience.

“Really, these are three brilliant people and this is a monumental occasion,” Kitchin said. “I’m just excited to bring them together and talk about how things are moving forward in terms of justice. And to learn from them.”

“Whoever tunes in to this panel will get some good wisdom and knowledge out of the experience,” Kitchin said.