Harvey Gantt Leaving the Clemson Registrar’s Office, 1963
Brian Scott, photographer
Harvey Gantt was the first African American student to enroll in Clemson University. He graduated with honors, earning a degree in architecture. In 1970, Gantt was awarded a master’s degree in city planning from MIT. He went on to become a successful architect, businessman and politician and in 1983, became the first African American mayor of Charlotte, NC.
In October 2009, the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts + Culture opened in Charlotte, named in the former mayor’s honor.
