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THURSDAY, FEBRU FEBRUARY 22, 2018
VOL. 110, NO. 12 ● SINCE 1908
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I n t he f a l l of 2010 , distinguished professor emerita of higher educat ion K at her i ne E. Chaddock was teaching a course on the history of higher education. One of her lec t u res ment ioned Richard T. Greener, who was t he f irst A f r ica n-A mer ica n professor at USC. From that lect ure stemmed a group of s t u d e nt s , f a c u lt y and staff who wer e i nt er e s t e d i n repre sent i ng G r e e n e r on campus. On We d n e s d a y, a s t a t u e commemorat ing his legacy was unveiled. “ T h e m o v e m e nt t o do t he sscc u lpt u re for Greener started with a group of students, and faculty and staff,” said associate professor of art histor y Lydia Brandt. “It did not start with the administration. I just think that, in itself, is inspiring.” Greener was t he f i rst African-American graduate of Har vard in 18 70 . U S C e m p l o y e d h i m t h ree yea r s later as a professor of moral philosophy, Latin and Greek. While at USC, he at tended t he law school and obtained a law degree. Wade Hampton, a former Confederate g e n e r a l , became
governor and closed down the that time, to have ever had a black u n iversit y i n 1877. Greener professor is still leading the way,” resigned and worked as a clerk she said. People gathered in the Russell in the treasury department before teaching law at Howard University. House Ballroom on Monday for a Greener went on to ser ve as SEESTATUEPAGE2 secretary of the Grant Memorial a n d t h e n a s a d ip l o m at for t he Un ited St ate s i n V lad ivo stok , Ru s sia. He also worked in private law practice. “For a long t ime, t here w a s n’t m u c h l e g a c y f o r Greener and t here wasn’t much legacy for his community,” Brandt said. “If BORN JAN. 30, 1844 anything, that was denied as black students were denied FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN entrance to the University GRADUATE OF HARVARD IN and black faculty certainly weren’t being hired.” w 1870 A n i d e a s c o m p e t it i o n was held in t he spring of w TAUGHT MORAL PHILOSOPHY, 2012 that was open to the university community and LATIN AND GREEK AT USC solicited ideas for what a FROM 1873-1877 per ma nent memor ia l for Greener could possibly look like. SERVED AS THE DE FACTO After a juried competition LIBRARIAN AND HELPED TO in 2013, sculptor Jon Hair ORGANIZE WHAT IS NOW was commissioned to create w THE SOUTH CAROLINIANA the sculpt ure of Greener, which now stands in front of w LIBRARY the Thomas Cooper Library. “Here he is represented EARNED A LAW DEGREE FROM in physical form for you to remember him. I think that USC AND WAS ADMITTED TO doesn’t go away. He’ll always THE SOUTH CAROLINA BAR be there for people to reflect IN 1876 on,” said associate professor of higher education Christian Anderson. FORCED TO LEAVE USC IN Then came the process of 1877 WHEN NEWLY ELECTED working with the Board of w G O V. WA D E H A M P T O N Trustees to get approval on T the design, location and the CLOSED THE UNIVERSITY accompanying plaque. The funding for the project was HELD VARIOUS JOBS AFTER ultimately paid for by the university. LEAVING USC, INCLUDING USC is taking a DIPLOMAT, DEAN OF LAW AT hu g e s t e p i n le a d e r s h ip HOWARD LAW SCHOOL AND in demonst rat ing t he c o m m it m e nt t o m o v i n g CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINER forward and being part of the next century, according DIED IN 1922; THE CAMPUS to Chaddock. WA S N’ T DE S EG R EG AT E D “USC , t he on ly publ ic universit y in the South at UNTIL 1963
WHO IS RICHARD GREENER?
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