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The Education of Harvey Gantt

The Education of Harvey Gantt

In 1963, young black man from Charleston named Harvey Gantt enrolled at Clemson College, making him the first African American accepted to a white school in South Carolina. This pivotal, yet largely forgotten story of desegregation illuminates the events leading up to Gantt's enrollment, the unfolding of entrance day and the impact of Clemson's integration on the state and the nation.

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The Education of Harvey Gantt

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Special | 26m 46s | The pivotal story of the first African American accepted to a white school. (26m 46s)

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