TCU unveils “The Portrait Project” honoring former slaves
The Brief
- Newly commissioned portraits honoring Charley and Kate Thorp were unveiled Thursday at Texas Christian University.
- TCU Co-founder Randolph Clark, wrote extensively about the husband and wife, former slaves who became trusted workers who compassionately helped form the university.
- Through a campus race and reconciliation initiative began, the university discovered some of Charley and Kate’s descendants. One of them hopes to become the first in their family to attend TCU.
FORT WORTH, Texas – Texas Christian University is reaching into the pages of history by honoring an enslaved couple from the 1800s.
The couple is being featured in what the university calls “The Portrait Project” which was officially unveiled on Thursday.…