It also requested the ability to remove Benjamin Tillman’s name from Tillman Hall – a move that would need approval from South Carolina’s legislature.“We must recognize there are central ...

Today, Benjamin Ryan Tillman - a statue honoring Tillman went up at the South Carolina Statehouse in 1940. His name is also on a building at Clemson University. He was a longtime senator from the ...

Tillman Hall name change “not on the table” according to Clemson Board of Trustees member David Wilkins. Skip to content. NOWCAST WYFF News 4 at 6. Watch on Demand ...

As the Confederate flag was lowered for the last time, the bronze statue of Gov. Benjamin Tillman watched disapprovingly from its still-prominent place on the State House grounds. While he ...

While Clemson University waits for the state Legislature's permission to remove former SC governor and self-avowed white supremacist Benjamin "Pitchfork" Tillman's name from an on-campus building ...

A Clemson hotel is removing Benjamin TIllman from its name after Clemson University's request to rename Tillman Hall in June. The Hotel Tillman that is on Tiger Boulevard said it's changing its ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — Protestors gathered at the South Carolina State House Saturday, once again demanding that the Benjamin Tillman statue be removed. They have been calling for action for ...

Benjamin Tillman was a senator from South Carolina in the 1890s and one of Clemson University's founders. He also happened to be a raging, notorious white supremacist.

A person wrote “violent racist” in red paint across the portrait of Benjamin Tillman about 9:30 a.m., according to an email from President Daniel Mahony, who is in his second day on the job.

ORANGEBURG -- Benjamin Tillman Turner, Jr., 88, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, March 14, 2024 at White Oak Manor in Newberry.

Benjamin Tillman did everything the law allowed — and many things it prohibited — to preserve the mindset and culture of slavery after the institution had been outlawed through bloody civil war.