This episode—by James McCabe, a Ph.D. Student in Art History—spotlights the three speeches given at the unveiling ceremony of the William Marsh Rice Memorial in June of 1930, questioning the speakers’ uncritical portrayal of Rice as the benevolent founder of Rice University.
The Racial Geography Podcast features “New Freedom Remix,” an original sound composition and performance by Lisa E. Harris.

This episode—by James McCabe, a Ph.D. Student in Art History—spotlights the three speeches given at the unveiling ceremony of the William Marsh Rice Memorial in June of 1930, questioning the speakers’ uncritical portrayal of Rice as the benevolent founder of Rice University. The Racial Geography Podcast features “New Freedom Remix,” an original sound composition and performance by Lisa E. Harris.

The Unveiling of the William Marsh Rice Memorial, June 8, 1930

Through a series of mini-episodes, the Racial Geography Podcast provides an alternative itinerary of the Rice University campus, one that acknowledges its racial landscape and recognizes long-standing activism by Black students and faculty on campus while critically analyzing its land, construction, architecture, and monuments. It features “New Freedom Remix,” an original sound composition and performance by Lisa E. Harris.

This is an original podcast series made by the Racial Geography Project, a research collaborative led by Fabiola Lopez-Duran and Adrienne Rooney.

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Through a series of mini-episodes, the Racial Geography Podcast provides an alternative itinerary of the Rice University campus, one that acknowledges its racial landscape and recognizes long-standing activism by Black students and faculty on campus while critically analyzing its land, construction, architecture, and monuments. It features “New Freedom Remix,” an original sound composition and performance by Lisa E. Harris. This is an original podcast series made by the Racial Geography Project, a research collaborative led by Fabiola Lopez-Duran and Adrienne Rooney.

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The Unveiling of the William Marsh Rice Memorial, June 8, 1930

The Unveiling of the William Marsh Rice Memorial, June 8, 1930