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USC unveils monument honoring desegregation trailblazers
The University of South Carolina unveiled a monument honoring the first Black students admitted since Reconstruction — Robert Anderson, Henrie Monteith Treadwell and James Solomon Jr. — whose enrollment six decades ago changed the course of university history. The USC Board of Trustees commissioned this monument on February 18, 2022.