Dr. Tracé Dotson

This touched me more than you could know. 💙💛

I’m “Tracé D.” and in 1991, I had the privilege of helping create this mural alongside other students at Thee Fort Valley State University. To see it again more than 30 years later—knowing that the physical mural may be eventually painted over—is incredibly special.

Thank you for capturing this before it disappeared. What may have seemed like simply recording a wall became the preservation of a small piece of Wildcat History 🥹!!!

That mural represents more than paint. It represents young HBCU students creating, dreaming, expressing ourselves, and leaving a little piece of who we were on the campus that was preparing us for who we would become.

The wall may be painted over, but the history won’t be erased. You preserved it. And today, one of the students who helped paint it gets to see it again and say, “I was there. I helped create that.”

Forever proud of my alma mater. 💙💛
Fort Valley State University, we are blessed to be part of its history, and it will forever be part of ours.

Thank you for this gift Kalen Ward. 🙏🏾

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