Our mission is to investigate Rice's past with respect to slavery, segregation, and racial injustice; to encourage frank and honest discussion about that past; and to identify suggestions for Rice's future. For more information, please read Our Charge.

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Racial Justice and the Ivory Tower:
Higher Education’s Racial Reckoning Reaches Far Beyond Slavery

A Zoom Webinar | Friday, November 5, 2020 | 6 p.m. CST

Please join us for a special webinar with Davarian L. Baldwin, The Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies at Trinity College on Racial Justice and the Ivory Tower: Higher Education’s Racial Reckoning Reaches Far Beyond Slavery.

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Message to the Rice Community - June 16, 2021

Since starting its work formally in December 2019, the Task Force on Slavery, Segregation and Racial Injustice has launched numerous initiatives to address our three-part charge.

Research about Slavery

Update on Research about Slavery

Founder’s Memorial

Update on the Founder’s Memorial