Article: "Black 'Panic' Off at Clemson"

Item

Identifier

https://documentinghistory.clemson.edu/studentprojects/admin/item/266

Title

Article: "Black 'Panic' Off at Clemson"

Type

Text

Format

Image/jpeg

Language

English

Source

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

Rights

In Copyright

Date

10-28-1969

Description

A newspaper article from the Rochester Democrat and Chronicler about the 60 African American students who fled campus due to racial tension on campus after the Student League for Black Identity's request for the removal of the Confederate Flag and "Dixie" from sporting events.

Subject

Civil rights

Creator

Rochester Democrat and Chronicler

Item sets

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

Site pages

A More Equal Gameday: President Edwards & the Student League For Black Identity