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January 16, 1963 - Harvey Gantt desegregates Clemson College.
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| In 1960, Gantt is quarterback and class salutatorian at Charleston's all-black Burke High School. Unable to attend the segregated universities of South Carolina, Gantt enrolls at a midwestern university. Gantt, however, does not give up. Three years later, after a federal appeals court decision, he becomes the first black student to enroll at Clemson College. He will later graduate with a degree in architecture. | ||
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Gantt in his high school football uniform. |
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