There has been a heated debate at Clemson University playing out over whether the name of an iconic building, Tillman Hall, should be changed because its namesake, Benjamin Tillman, was a former South Carolina governor (1890-94) who was a vicious racist. Students and teachers are pushing for a change, while the head of the school’s Board of Trustees, David Wilkins, said the name would not be changed, according to the Greenville News.
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