COLUMBIA, S.C. — The University of South Carolina on Friday announced where on campus a planned desegregation statue will sit.
The Board of Trustees selected a site on the campus' Horseshoe for the 12-foot bronze statue that was inspired by a photograph of Robert Anderson, Henrie Monteith Treadwell and James Solomon Jr., who in 1963 became the first Black students at the university since Reconstruction.
The statue will be placed in the northeast section of the Horseshoe in front of McKissick Museum.
Internationally acclaimed sculptor Basil Watson was commissioned to create the sculpture, which will be unveiled on campus in the fall.
Board Chairman Thad Westbrook said the statue’s eventual location on the Horseshoe is fitting. “Since the university was founded in 1801, the Horseshoe has remained our most defining location, and this monument will be just steps away from where these three pioneering students first began their journey at USC.”
The statue was announced last year.