Emory’s Leslie Harris says we should remember the racist roots of American colleges as we think about what went wrong at OU and other schools

Demands to rename Tillman Hall at Clemson University, the circulation of a video showing a racist chant at the University of Oklahoma and the discovery of a fraternity pledge book discussing lynching at North Carolina State University demonstrate how persistent racial issues are on college campuses.

Clemson won’t rename building named in honor of a vicious racist

The building’s named for Ben Tillman, the virulent racist governor of South Carolina who watched while a black state senator was murdered.