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Civil Rights

  1. April 1963

    April 30 , 2013 by Debbie Bloom

    In April 1963, U.S Attorney General Robert Kennedy arrived in Columbia to speak about the Kennedy administration’s concern about segregation and racial discrimination. While Kennedy praised South Carolina for the peaceful integration of Harvey Gantt into Clemson College he predicted that racial troubles will worsen “unless real progress is made”.

  2. American Social Reform Movements Reference Library

    February 15 , 2013

    This four-volume set chronicles and illustrates movements from the American Revolution to the present day. Intended to help students successfully complete research and projects.

  3. Constitutional Amendments: From Freedom of Speech to Flag Burning, 2nd ed.

    February 15 , 2013

    Provides the history and social context of the amendment process, covering each of the 27 amendments. Significant issues, events, figures, movements and judicial/legislative actions in the history of each amendment are also covered chronologically.

  4. Human and Civil rights: Essential Primary Sources

    February 8 , 2013

    These volumes of primary source documents focus on leading social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. International in scope, each title is devoted to one topic.

  5. With Dignity, Honor, Courage

    January 24 , 2013 by Debbie Bloom



    The beginning of the 1963 New Year did not start out quietly in South Carolina.  Harvey Gantt and
    Clemson University dominated the headlines in Columbia’s The State and Columbia
    Record newspapers.