South Carolina considers removing Thurmond's name from fitness center

Saturday, August 22, 2020

COLUMBIA - Some recent standouts in University of South Carolina athletics are asking the school to change the name of its showpiece fitness center, arguing that the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond shouldn't be honored in such a way due to the segregationist views he once held.

The Presidential Commission on University History received testimony Friday on calls to rename the Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center from such former South Carolina stars as Marcus Lattimore and Moe Brown in football and track and field's Natasha Hastings.

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