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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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Call My Name Resistance Tour: A March for Change
On Saturday, June 13, 2020, thousands of members of the Clemson community gathered together on Bowman Field to demand racial equality. During the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, protestors practiced wore face masks while dressed in black and carried…
Esso Club
The Esso Club was originally a gas station built by James A. Stevenson in 1933. It was the first building built on the property, aside from a small fruit stand that used to sit on the side of the road. During the 1930's the road that the Esso Club…
Jane Fonda at Clemson
The 1960's and 1970's were a tumultuous period of social change in America. Especially on college campuses, there was a great movement by young people to change the injustices they saw in society and live more freely. For many, this meant a staunch…
Clemson Army ROTC
The ROTC, or reserve officer training corps, trains students to be officers in the United States military. The students go to school like a normal college student, but they have extra responsibilities. Certain days of the week the cadets must wear…
The Hanover House
Built most likely by enslaved African Americans, the Hanover House stands on a lot in the SC Botanical Gardens. The house is now used as a museum in which many of the botanical gardens visitors go to. The house was originally built in Berkeley…
Augustus Schilletter
Augustus Schilletter got away with what might be one of the biggest crimes in Clemson history simply due to the circumstances at the time it happened.
Schilletter was the dining hall steward around the time that Clemson was first starting to grow…