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Echoes of Reconstruction: When South Carolina’s University Educated Both Black and White
Henry E. Hayne was born free in 1840 to a Free Colored Woman named Mary, and James Hayne, a wealthy white man. He lived in Charleston…
University of South Carolina Gets New Historical Marker on the College & Reconstruction
At the start of the Martin Luther King Day weekend, the University of South Carolina celebrated its brief period of racial integration during Reconstruction with…
University of South Carolina Held Teacher Training on Reconstruction Era
For years, the University of South Carolina’s (UofSC) Center for Civil Rights History and Research held a three week training for teachers on Reconstruction in…
University of South Carolina Honored Its First Black Professor (1873) With a Statue
Richard T. Greener holds two academic “firsts.” He was the first African American to graduate from Harvard (1870) and he was the first black professor…