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Harvey Gantt
Harvey Gantt was the first African American student to enroll at Clemson, entering the University in January 1963.
Harvey Gantt’s enrollment itself was a difficult situation, led by civil rights…
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Student Senate Stumped on Flag Issue
In response to the Student League for Black Identity’s efforts to have the Confederate flag and the playing of “Dixie” removed from Clemson athletics, a petition boasting over three-thousand student signatures made it to the floor of the student…
Changing History at Clemson: Harvey Gantt's Story
Harvey B. Gantt, born on January 14, 1943, grew up in Charleston during a time where racial segregation was still in full force. He attended National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) meetings with his father as a child, and…
Riggs Field, 1915-1970
Riggs Field as it stands today is the home for Clemson Men’s and Women’s Soccer. It is quite often known as ‘Historic’ Riggs Field, due to its history, but its history is often forgotten in-between other bits of Clemson history. Riggs Field was the…
Efforts to Address the History of Racial Discrimination
In the past the Calhoun/Clemson family knew their home as the Fort Hill Plantation that is now a monument in the middle of Clemson’s campus. Fort Hill was originally built by John C. Calhoun and was passed down to his daughter Anna Calhoun who…
Joseph Grant to President Robert C. Edwards
In 1969, Joseph Grant led the Student League for Black Identity as President. In a detailed Letter to President R. C. Edwards, he explains how “the majority of white students are restrained from abusing black students only by the…
Carrel Cowan-Ricks and Her Discoveries at Woodland Cemetery
Carrel Cowan Ricks was an American historical archaeologist that worked with Clemson University from 1991-1993. It is because of her work looking for the enslaved people’s burial grounds from pre-Woodland Cemetery that we were able to discover so…