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Mar 20, 2021 · Tillman was said to have represented white supremacy, advocated for the lynching of black people, and rejected the involvement of women in politics. COLUMBIA, SC (WACH) - Protesters gathered...
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was a politician of the Democratic Party who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death in 1918.
Jun 8, 2020 · COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina state lawmaker is calling for the removal of a State House statue memorializing a figure whom defended lynching, killed, and disenfranchised Black South...
Feb 19, 2023 · A handful of protestors surrounded the Benjamin Tillman statue Saturday afternoon, demanding that it be removed. They say the statue has been a fixture on the State House grounds since the 1940s and that it does little more than perpetuate racism and systemic oppression.
Jul 14, 2020 · NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Stephen Kantrowitz, a history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, about who Ben Tillman was and why his statues appear all over South Carolina.
Apr 11, 2024 · Ben Tillman, U.S. populist politician who championed agrarian reform and white supremacy. He served as governor of South Carolina (1890–94) and in the U.S. Senate (1895–1918) and helped found Clemson University. An unabashed racist, he was a member of the terrorist white supremacist Red Shirts.
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