As Professor Bernard Powers notes, this marker is itself historic – it’s the first time the College has recognized, in a very public way, its past as a white-only institution. This side of the marker reads, “Initially a private school, in 1837 the College became the first municipal college in the country. It resumed private operations in 1949 to avoid racial integration. The school was all-male until 1918 and integrated in 1967. It became a public institution again in 1970, overseen by the State of South Carolina. In 1972, the College established its first graduate program and formalized its status as a university in 1992.” Courtesy of the College of Charleston.Download Original File
