Gantt v. Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina

WYCHE, District Judge.

This is an action by plaintiff, a nineteen year old negro resident of Charleston, South Carolina, against defendants, seeking a permanent injunction enjoining the defendants from denying him admission to The Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina solely on account of his race.

The suit was commenced on July 7, 1962. On the same date the plaintiff filed a motion for preliminary injunction. The motion for preliminary injunction was heard on August 22,1962, and denied on September 6, 1962. Gantt v. Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina, 208 F.Supp. 416…