"To Dream of Greater Conquests": The Gradual Desegregation of Clemson Athletics & the Tiger Band, 1963 - 1975

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Letter from Grant to Edwards, October 1969

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President Robert C. Edwards Papers, Series 12, Folder 386, Special Collections and Archives, Clemson University Libraries, Clemson, South Carolina.

10-26-1969

A letter from Joseph Grant, the President of the Student League for Black Identity, to President Edwards. In this letter, Grant informs Edwards that many African American students will be vacating the campus in fear of violence resulting from the growing racial tension due to their requests to remove the Confederate Flag and discontinue the playing of "Dixie" at sporting events.

Civil rights

Joseph Grant