Black and White Wallace Homecomings

Klein Arts & Culture hosted homecomings in 2018 and 2019, each attended by about 40 people whose ancestors were connected to Klein during the antebellum period. Each homecoming began at the cemetery with prayers, the singing of Amazing Grace, a reading of the names of those buried in the Wallace cemeteries, and a ceremony honoring the enslaved persons who lay in unmarked graves. The group then adjourned to the house for a meal and facilitated discussion led by T. Marie King. Peter Datcher brought displays from his history house for viewing. Together, we are creating a new shared narrative in this place in which our ancestors lived