TCL Tunnel Mural
This tunnel mural on the grounds of Mathers School TCL in Beaufort, SC highlights many local historymakers, notable names and celebrities. For a full list of credits, including the many talented artists involved and the people who helped make the project happen, please see the end of this video. For a list of the historical depictions in the artwork, see below:
00:00 Joe Frazier, Beaufort Native, Won Gold Medal in 1964 Summer Olympics, Undisputed Heavyweight Champion 1970-1973, Defeated Muhammed Ali in 1971
00:01 CJ Cummings, Beaufort native and international weightlifting phenomenon. Reebook designed a shoe after CJ in 2016.
00:03 Richard "Ritchie" Parker, Beaufort native, accomplished engineer born without arms.
00:04 2013 American Idol Winner Candice Glover, St. Helena native
00:06 Mather Museum & Interpretive Center
00:21 Graffiti Artist John Drawingman Bradley
00:22 Winfred Kent Alston, principal & bus driver at Robert Smalls High School. Civil Rights Activist during the Jim Crow era.
00:23 Slave to Civil War Hero & U.S. Congressman: Robert Smalls
00:37 Kevin Hopkins' Work
00:41 &00:42 Boston missionary Rachel Crane Mather started the school (on the current grounds of TCL) to educate the daughters of liberated slaves in 1867. In February 2020, it is now known as TCL Beaufort Mather Campus.
00:49 54th Massachusetts Infantry 2nd African American Regiment of Civil War painted by Beaufort local and veteran Abraham Brown
00:56 Mather School Students
1:01 NFL Player & Beaufort native Ron Parker
1:06 Pat Conroy, Beaufort native, teacher, American Author
1:10 Adinkra Symbols, painted by Beaufort local Hank Herrain
1:22 Planter Ship commandeered by Robert Smalls on May 13,1862
1:23 Robert Smalls, Civil War Hero
1:25 Harriet Tubman (far left)