The Building On Winthrop University s Campus And Is The...

Tillman Hall. This is the name of the main building on Winthrop University’s campus and is the name of the clock tower at Clemson University. These two buildings have faced quite a number of racial incidences over the past couple of years due to the founder of the two buildings, Benjamin R. Tillman. Many people have raised the issue of having the name changed to something different over the past couple of years but no changes have been made. There hope is to end the racial incidences that occur and ultimately stop racism on these two campuses. The major question at hand is will changing the name of Tillman Hall reduce the number of race-induced incidents? I do think that changing the name of Tillman Hall on both of these two campuses will reduce racial incidences due to the fact that this changes the atmosphere of the school and really holds itself up to its diversity standard, the changing of the name does not change history but it shows that we as a people have come far and don’t need someone like Benjamin Tillman at the center representing us, and it is very likely that these racial incidents will be put to an end as the â€Å"violent racist† and his legacy is gone. Tillman Hall which was originally known as Main Building was built in 1894 and served as the main point of Winthrop University’s Campus. Winthrop opened in 1895 and started out as an all-female college. This was the first state-supported college in South Carolina. The U.S. Senator and Governor of South Carolina