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Source: Inside Higher Ed

2-13-15

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.

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