Historic Marker
Item
Identifier
https://documentinghistory.clemson.edu/studentprojects/admin/item/1435
Title
Historic Marker
Type
image
Format
jpeg
Language
Source
photo by author
Date
November 2021
Description
Harvey Gantt was the first African American student to attend Clemson. The marker notes that he was able to attend after he had made charges against the college for not allowing him to attend. It notes that Gantt was admitted in 1963 and graduated in 1965 with Honors.