to South Carolina A&M instead.
In 1955, Clemson underwent a major restructuring and was transformed into a "civilian" status for students. It began admitting white women; the university was still segregated. In 1957 Margaret Marie Snider became the first woman to earn a degree. Initially, the university had many extra rules that only applied to women, but these were removed by the middle of the 1970s.
Over the 1950s, while court decisions desegregated other schools, Clemson's rejection of black applicants like Spencer Bracy, Edward Bracy, and John L. Gainey became newsworthy. In 1963, the university admitted its first African-American student, Harvey Gantt, who later was elected as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina. Gantt and Cornelius Fludd, along with many other black students, had applied to transfer to Clemson in 1961 and been rejected, but Gantt and Fludd's persistent work with the NAACP pushed the school to consider their applications more deeply. In 1962, Gantt and the NAACP filed suit against the university, …
中文名/译名
SAT EBRW 25%
620
SAT EBRW 75%
690
SAT Math 25th %
610
SAT Math 75th %
700
ACT Composite 25th %
28
ACT Composite 50th %
30
ACT Composite 75th %
32
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