Sarah Reese grew up in rural Pelzer, South Carolina, where she first started singing. When she went to Furman University in the late 1960’s she was one of its first black students. Reese overcame the racism and aggression inflicted by her white peers…

The Marshall Tucker band formed in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1972. The original lineup included Doug Gray, Tommy Caldwell, Toy Caldwell, Paul T. Riddle, George McCorkle and Jerry Eubanks. In 1972, the band signed with Capricorn Records. Within…

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…

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…

Built by mostly African American convicted laborers in the 1890s, Old Mainl is one of the oldest buildings on the Clemson University campus. This also happens to be a site where instances of resistance have occurred. Resistance actually started in…

Sometime after Christmas in 1887, fourteen-year-old Lula Sherman was looking after her little sister. Her parents weren’t home. There was a knock at the door. As Lula opened the door, she was greeted by a white man, Manse Waldrop, who asked Lula…

On April 13, 2016 the Sikes Sit-In began when students flooded the halls, outraged about what had happened. And what had happened was that bananas were hung on the "African Americans at Fort Hill" banner, which is located just in…

On the night of April 1, 1843, Issey Calhoun had just entered William, the son of John C. and Floride Calhoun, upstairs bedroom. It was her task to warm his bed, using hot coals. She did this- and much more. As she warmed his bed,…

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…

As told by Dorothy and Delores themselves when they returning back to Clemson to speak at the “To Be Young, Gifted, Black, and Female” event on campus, they recalled one of their most clear memories of college to be their first day walking into the…