Episode 20: Larger Than Life: Richard T. Greener

Contributors

Chris Horn, University of South Carolina - Columbia
Katherine Chaddock, University of South Carolina - Columbia

Description

A statue of Richard T. Greener is on display on the University of South Carolina campus as a tribute to the first Black graduate of Harvard College and the first Black professor at the University of South Carolina. But there was more to Greener's life than merely being a "first."

Publication Date

1-26-2021

City

Columbia, SC

Keywords

University of South Carolina, Richard Greener, abolitionists, moral philosophy, South Caroliniana Library

Disciplines

History

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