1963 - Harvey Gantt Desegregates Clemson

January 16, 1963 - Harvey Gantt desegregates Clemson College. January 16, 1963

• 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. Photo shows Gantt in his high school football uniform.