Contextualization and Commemoration Initiative (CCI) guides the design and construction of new commemorative initiatives on UT’s campus. The CCI supports these initiatives through research. We share this knowledge through an ongoing speakers’ series, the elaboration of curricular materials, and this website.
Our Initiatives
Sweatt v. Painter Gallery and Entry
Precursors – We are Texas East Mall
Researching Our Pasts
This month at UT
Precursors-We Are Texas East Mall Project: Spring Site Activation
This month we activate the East Mall as a commemorative site in preparation for the coming celebration of the first Black students to attend UT.
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Featured Works
Speaker Series: Olivia Mena
Watch video of Dr. Olivia Mena’s November 16 talk “Beyond Sweatt v. Painter: A History of Race, Science, and Segregation at the University of Texas.”
Speaker Series: Michael Gillette
Watch video of Dr. Michael Gillette’s October 18 talk, “Heman Sweatt, his Lawsuit and the Civil Rights Movement in Texas.”
Speaker Series: Jodi Skipper
Watch video of Dr. Jodi Skipper’s September 20 talk, “Commemoration, Public Scholarship, & the Transformation of Higher Education.”
Speaker Series: Ruth Simmons
Watch video of Dr. Ruth J. Simmons’ May 2 talk, “Examining University University.”
Speaker Series: Dwonna Goldstone
Watch video of Dr. Goldstone’s April 21 talk, “The ‘Last’ Vestige of Segregation at UT: Desegregating the Dormitories.”
Speaker Series: Tara Dudley
Watch video of Dr. Dudley’s April 1 talk, “Laying the Foundation: Black Constructors of Austin and The University of Texas.”
Speaker Series: Jeff Jackson
Watch video of Dr. Jackson’s March 10 talk, “Black Power at Ole Miss, 1848-2021: Reckoning with African American History and Achievement at a Southern Public University.”
Film: Painter Hall
Watch video of Dr. Ted Gordon’s short documentary, “Naming a President and a Building — Painter Hall.”
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