Insights: Fred Rouse III

In conjunction with Sedrick Huckaby's Black Bird Redemption Song currently on exhibit, we invite you to meet community activist Fred Rouse III, co-founder of The Fred Rouse Foundation, President of the Tarrant County Coalition for Peace and Justice.

Fred Rouse III

Fred Rouse III will discuss his efforts towards honoring the life and memory of his grandfather, Mr. Fred Rouse (1898-1921). Fred Rouse's 1921 lynching is the only recorded lynching in Forth Worth, a known hub for the Ku Klux Klan. 

Sedrick Huckaby and Fred Rouse III met through their research on Mr. Fred Rouse. With no known images of Mr. Rouse, Huckaby created Contemplating Fred Rouse, a video projection capturing the artist's repetitive charcoal drawings of male figures being drawn, erased, and redrawn. Through this artwork, Huckaby attempts to imagine not only what Mr. Fred Rouse might have looked like, but who he could have been.

Sedrick Huckaby

This event is free and open to all. 

Date: Monday, January 12, 2025
Time: Doors open 5:30 PM
Location: UMLAUF Sculpture Garden + Museum, 605 Azie Morton Road, Austin, TX 78704